p.k. k. which they call a terrorist organization that wants to set up a turkey a kurdish independence state on there for form a turkish border view that is an absolute no go and as a report rightly pointed out the two lines are being drilled movie spotlights will be different from the ones that we've seen you the two battle lines are being drawn as you point out and with the news now that syria is sending elite troops to the man beach region what is the danger that the turkish incursion could escalate into a wider conflict. well there is the real danger for that helena i think it could be about shifting the teutonic plates of the entire middle east what is the role poor between turkey and russia what is sort of a poor between the united states or russia or does syria play a role of its own or we have mentioned two players here in the iraq and iran and if you look at all that it seems to me that we're looking for a major major change of the entire paradigm and major change and with that in mind i me

p.k. k. which it regards as a terrorist organization they've been a war since the one nine hundred eighty s. is this the opportunity for turkey to go in and simply destroy what is a us supported ogunnaike zation them alongside with the syrian democratic forces is this turkey's reason to now go in because the us has pulled out its law turkey wanted to go in one week ago when i was there and syria but the us was then telling turkey that if you go in you will not be allowed to go in because it will hit you because the u.s. they told turkey that this will undermine the fight against isis and they will not allow turkey to intervene but with this new southern of a draw and decision of trump things are changed and there was like a policy of the u.s. led coalition and also by the syria envoy james jeffrey to stay for a certain period in syria till things called on until there is a solution with the muskets in geneva but if the u.s. just pulls out its troops then the u.s. will lose always leverage and credi

p.k. they take their orders from condi mountain which is the headquarters of the p.k. k. and they follow the ideology of. hence making them terrorists in the eyes of turkey and yes i totally agree with the defense minister say wanting to bury the terrorists in ditches they dig dug is not is ready or rhetoric that is completely acceptable i mean if it was isis instead of why p.j. would be acceptable to turkey this they are terrorists trumps decision it hasn't been overwhelmingly welcomed even in his own town and even in washington you've got you've got a number of supporters opponents not happy about what is happening including the pentagon they essentially wanted the rolled back on what is happening do you think that it will go ahead despite that opposition. i think it will go ahead up i think the pentagon's main concern right now is not the pentagon's main concern is containing iran and i believe going forward even though turkey and iran have a good relationship america is going to subcontract that duty of containing iran to turkey and i think this is a win win win situa

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have that authority or ambitions in syria and they want to end the subsurface project there and it wants to end the threat along its southern border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition but who will convene to give up its agenda and couplings with. a military option is still on the table president to tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the us may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia. that will also want its interests security senator al jazeera a check on the turkey syria border or as a kurdish affairs analyst and managing director of could do cheek consulting he says the kurdish leaders in syria will have some big decisions to make over the next few weeks let's not forget that the southeast in syria that's where the most oil assets on the syrian regime if hands on those that will lessen is dependent on russia and iran f

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have that authority or ambitions in syria and they want to end the subsurface project there and it wants to end the threat along its southern border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition who will convene to give up its agenda and couplings with. a military option is still on the table president to tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the u.s. may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests secured. a check on the turkey syria border. or glow our ill again is the president of the middle east research institute and he joins us now from air below in iraq thanks very much for being with us so how do you how do you feel about this hour the kurds being left behind in turkey as a result of president's trumps decision i think this is a general feeling and at least in syria because the partnership with th

p.k. k. which is fighting for autonomy in south east turkey. turkey also backs what it calls the rightful owners of y p g controlled areas some arab tribes and others have accused the kurdish force of capturing predominantly arab lands and its military campaign against eisel those tribes who say they are being prevented from returning home or throwing their weight behind turkey which seems to be coordinating an arrangement on the future of that corner of syria with the united states senate. a check on the turkey syria border in germany officials there say they were not told in advance of the u.s. decision to pull troops from syria. secret wedding is planned as an ally and part of the n.t. i.i.s. coalition we would have found prior consultations with the u.s. government on a withdrawal of u.s. troops helpful in the view of the federal government the so-called islamic state continues to pose a threat even if the terrorist organizations have meanwhile lost large parts of the territory previously controlled by the. or there's also been a reaction t

p.k. k. which is a major terrorist organization within turkey and so i think it puts the kurds in a very difficult spot they will try to reconcile with the syrian regime as quickly as possible to buy some protection from the turks but they are going to be facing serious challenges in the months ahead and before we run out of time i want to ask you about the decision and what it means for the struggle against radicalization and considering the kurds in northern syria they say that they feel betrayed by the u.s. they fought isis for the coalition they've been denied an independence referendum and now they've been left a city done turkey attacks. so i think that the kurds are pretty realistic when it comes to geopolitics because they have a lot of hard experience with being courted and abandoned by great powers including the united states in the past i think they probably weren't expecting it to come this quickly when the campaign was still ongoing and so i think that the major danger now is you've se

p.k. k. which is fighting for autonomy in south east turkey. turkey also backs what it calls the rightful owners of y p g controlled areas some arab tribes and others have accused the kurdish force of capturing predominantly arab lands and its military campaign against eisel those tribes who say they are being prevented from returning home or throwing their weight behind turkey which seems to be coordinating an arrangement on the future of that corner of syria with the united states senate. a check on the turkey syria border the u.s. government could be hurtling towards a shutdown the senate is carre debating a finance bill that includes more than five billion dollars for a wall along the border with mexico but it has very little chance of passing a shutdown would mean all but essential government services would cease to function president says his administration is prepared for a quote very long shutdown and lessie gets its way. so now it's up to the democrats as to whether or not we're going to shut down tonight i hope we don't but we're tota

p.k. k. which has been waging an insurgency against the turkish state for decades now so turkey welcoming this decision and reports that there will be coordination in the upcoming phase turkey postponing a planned operation interest.

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have that authority or ambitions in syria and they want to end the subsurface project there and it wants to end the threat along its south and border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition but who will convince the white b.g. to give up its agenda and couplings with. a military option is still on the table president tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the us may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests secured senator a check on the turkey syria border. the us federal government has partially shut down for the third time this year after the senate failed to approve payment for don't trump controversial wall along the mexican border democrats are strongly opposed to the war and say they will never pay for it and this then forced congress to adjourn without a deal on spending the political stale

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have territorial ambitions in syria and they want to end the separatist project there and it wants to end the threat along its southern border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition but who will convince the wife to give up its agenda and couplings with the p k k. a military option is still on the table president tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the us may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests security senator al jazeera a check on the turkey syria border. seans a law is a kurdish affairs analyst and managing director of carducci consulting he says the kurdish leaders in syria will have major decisions to make over the coming few weeks let's not forget the southeast in syria that's where the most oil assets on the syrian regime if hands on those that will lessen is dependent on russia an

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have that authority or ambitions in syria and they want to end the separatist project there and it wants to end the threat along its southern border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition but who will convince you to give up its agenda and couplings with. a military option is still on the table president tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the u.s. may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests secured. a check on the turkey syria border. kurdish group that was being backed by u.s. forces on the ground in syria that's the syrian defense force. still fending off isolate tax thank you and group posted this video on friday showing their fighters taking on a song near the eastern city of hygiene the area is last military stronghold inside syria iran's revolutionary guards have conducted military dri

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have the editorial ambitions in syria and they want to end the separatist project there and it wants to end the threat along its southern border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition but who will convene to give up its agenda and couplings with. a military option is still on the table president tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the u.s. may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests secured. a check on the turkey syria border. iran's revolutionary guards have held military exercises in the strategic strait of hormuz which nearly a third of all oiled traded by. the annual exercises show test combat helicopters and drones on friday the iranian army trailed a u.s. aircraft carrier in the gulf iran is under increasing pressure from the u.s. which has renewed sanctions over its nuclear program. th

p.k. k. which has been waging an insurgency against the turkish state for decades now so turkey welcoming this decision and reports that there will be coordination in the upcoming days turkey postponing a planned operation into syria giving time for talks with u.s. officials it seems turkey wants an orderly pullout they don't want the american troops to rapidly pull out because northeastern syria will be up for grabs they don't want to see for example the syrian government taking control of the area without firm guarantees that the y.p. g. presence or the threat according to turkey will be neutralized what turkey would like to see is the united states hand over this area to its local allies in syria. two explosions in somalia's capital have killed at least six people suicide car bombers attacked a security checkpoint near the presidential palace in mogadishu thirteen others have been injured it's unclear who is behind the blasts. nine people have been killed in sudan during violent protests against

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have that authority or ambitions in syria and they want to. project their and it wants the threat along its southern border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition. to give up its agenda and couplings with. a military option is still on the table president to tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the us may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests secured. a check on the turkey syria border iran's revolutionary guards have held military exercises in the strategic strait of hormuz through which nearly a third of them over oil dreaded by sea passes. helicopters and drones on friday the iranian army trailed a u.s. aircraft carrier into the gulf iran's an increase in pressure from the u.s. which has renewed sanctions over its nuclear program. time for short break here now to zero when we come back th

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have that authority or ambitions in syria and they want to end the separatists project there and it wants to end the threat along its south and border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition but who will convince the white b.g. to give up its agenda and couplings with the p k k. a military option is still on the table president tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the white b.g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the u.s. may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests secured senator a check on the turkey syria border. the u.s. senate has adjourned meaning no deal on ending the partial shutdown of the federal government can be reached until thursday at the earliest is the third time the senate has failed to approve payment for donald trump's controversial war along the mexican border democrats are strongly opposed to the wall and say they will

p.k. k. which is fighting for kurdish autonomy in south east turkey. for that we have said and we are saying that no we will begin our operation to rescue the east of the euphrates from the separatist organization within a few days turkey says any operation would not target u.s. troops but the white is an important element in washington's syria strategy and the trump administration's only syria giving leverage and influence in any political settlement turkish leaders know that and are treading carefully so as not to rupture a relationship with a strategically important ally. the u.s. envoy for syria is now stressing washington's ties with armed groups in northern syria are tactical temporary and transactional such a description is unlikely to please the wife or satisfy turkish leaders but the u.s. says steps are being taken turkey has have to say whether they are enough to prevent military action. still ahead on al-jazeera the landscape on the frontline of the global war on drugs we have a special report from. there's more snow when it's right for earl

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have the editorial ambitions in syria and they want to end the subsurface project there and it wants to end the threat along its southern border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition but who will convince the white b.g. to give up its agenda and couplings with. a military option is still on the table president to tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the u.s. may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests secured. a check on the turkey syria border. kurdish group that was being backed by u.s. forces on the ground in syria the syrian defense force says it's still fending off i saw tax. group posted this video on friday showing their fighters taking on the eastern city of hygiene the area last military stronghold inside syria. still to cover for you here on the news hour including a state of emerge

p.k. k. which has been waging an insurgency against the turkish state for decades now so turkey welcoming this decision and reports that there will be coordination in the upcoming days turkey postponing a planned operation into syria giving time for talks with u.s. officials it seems turkey wants an orderly pullout they don't want the american troops to rapidly pull out because northeastern syria will be up for grabs they don't want to see for example the syrian government taking control of the area without firm guarantees that the y.p. g. presence or the threat according to turkey will be neutralized what turkey would like to see is the united states hand over this area to its local allies in syria sami nadir is director of the levant institute for strategic affairs he says the u.s. withdrawal from the region risks leaving a power that you. it seems that the decision is not based on vision or. plan because because it's in contradiction actually be with the main strategy of. washington that said th

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have that authority or ambitions in syria and they want to end the subsurface project there and it wants to end the threat along its southern border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition who will convene to give up its agenda and couplings with. a military option is still on the table president to tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the u.s. may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests secured. a check on the turkey syria border. the weather is next. no solution yet to the standoff that shut down parts of the u.s. government again and the germans again into a jungle hunt for a colombian rebels who refused to to accept. no shortage of showers across southeast asia particularly around java pushing up towards the march we are going to see some more wet weather coming in here as we go on through

p.k. k. which the turkish government considers an accidental security threat to the turkish state so this is all coming from turkish media there again there hasn't been independent confirmation from the white house about the conversation but it is worth pointing out that the reason why jim mattis turned in his resignation letter on thursday and then why brett mcgurk the special presidential envoy for the global could go listen to defeat eisel heard in his resignation letter on friday was because they disagreed with the u.s. president's decision to pull u.s. forces out of syria and leave it to come trees in the region to deal with eisel and other security issues so it's a bit convoluted but really lauren that's the situation they don't like what's happening but certainly from his perspective u.s. forces leaving syria is a good thing for turkish ambitions in the region thank you very much. the french president has criticized donald trump's decision on syria speaking in chad also praised james mattis

p.k. k. which has been fighting for self rule in south east turkey. turkey doesn't have that authority or ambitions in syria and they want to end the separatist project there and it wants to end the threat along its south and border it will cooperate with the syrian opposition but who will convince the wife to give up its agenda and couplings with. a military option is still on the table president to tell you border guard says a new operational strategy to eliminate both the y.p. g. and i still is being worked on turkey and the us may be in agreement on what happens next but there are other players in syria including russia that will also want its interests secured senator al jazeera a check on the turkey syria border. is a kurdish affairs analyst and managing director of carducci consulting political consultants a group joins us now live from london good to have you with us so how much consultation do you think there was between the u.s. and some of their kurdish allies before dogs made this announcement of withdrawal. well initially i don't think th

p.k. k. which is fighting for kurdish autonomy in south east turkey. for that we have said and we are saying that no we will begin our operation to rescue the east of the euphrates from the separatist organization within a few days turkey says any operation would not target u.s. troops but the white b.g. is an important element in washington's syria strategy and the trump administration's only syria ally giving its leverage and influence in any political settlement turkish leaders know that and are treading carefully so as not to rupture a relationship with a strategically important ally. the u.s. envoy for syria is now stressing washington's ties with him. armed groups in northern syria are tactical temporary and transactional such a description is unlikely to please the y. peachey or satisfy turkish leaders but the u.s. says steps are being taken turkey has have to say whether they are enough to prevent military action sent to their istanbul and al-jazeera investigation has uncovered evidence that saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain attempted t

p.k. k. which is fighting for autonomy in south east turkey. turkey also backs what it calls the rightful owners of y p g controlled areas some arab tribes and others have accused the kurdish force of capturing predominantly arab lands and its military campaign against eisel those tribes who say they are being prevented from returning home or throwing their weight behind turkey which seems to be coordinating an arrangement on the future of that corner of syria with the united states senate there are a check on the turkey syria border so what then could the u.s. cost in military forces mean for afghanistan up to half the u.s. forces based there are expected to pull out this has all. but. as much as gridlock is a part of living in kabul so is the presence of u.s. troops for seventeen years thousands of american soldiers have been stationed in afghanistan and now there are reports that may be coming to an end for american millionaire we consider this good luck if they get lost and disappear from here would be very happy with. their own fourteen th

p.k. k. which is fighting for autonomy in south east turkey. turkey also backs what it calls the rightful owners of y p g controlled areas some arab tribes and others have accused the kurdish force of capturing predominantly arab lands and its military campaign against eisel those tribes who say they are being prevented from returning home or throwing their weight behind turkey which seems to be coordinating an arrangement on the future of that corner of syria with the united states senate. a check on the turkey syria border where she overtones he joins us now from washington d.c. so she had but troops think well from syria and from afghanistan we believe as well where does this leave america's foreign policy going forward. tara in the foreign policy establishment right now the thinking was the drug was safely in the same sort of box with president obama as you come into office you promise withdrawal from the middle east we actually do it you listen to your generals you listen to the establishment in fact you expound you expound your proxy batt

p.k. k. which it regards as a terrorist organization they've been a war since the one nine hundred eighty s. is this the opportunity for turkey to go in and simply destroy what is a u.s. supported organization them alongside with the syrian democratic forces is this turkey's reason to now go in because the u.s. has pulled out a lot turkey wanted to go in one week ago when i was there and syria but the u.s. was then telling turkey that if you go in you will not be allowed to go in because it will hit you because the u.s. they told turkey that this will undermine the fight against isis and they will not allow turkey to intervene but with this new southern of a draw and decision of trump things are changed and there was like a policy of the u.s. led coalition and also by the syria envoy james jeffrey to stay for a certain period in syria till things cool down on their own there is a solution with the muskets in geneva but if the u.s. just pulls out its troops then the u.s. will lose always leverage an

p.k. k. which it regards as a terrorist organization they've been a war since the one nine hundred eighty s. is this the opportunity for turkey to go in and simply destroy what is a us supported ogunnaike zation them alongside with the syrian democratic forces is this turkey's reason to now go in because the us has pulled out well you wanted to go in one week ago when i was there and syria but the u.s. was then telling turkey that if you go in you will not be allowed to go in because it will hit you because the u.s. they told turkey that this will undermine the fight against isis and they will not allow turkey to intervene but with this new sudden the draw and decision of trump things are changed and there was like a policy of the u.s. led coalition and also by the syria envoy james jeffrey to stay for a certain period in syria till things cool down on their own there is a solution with the muskets in geneva but if the u.s. just pulls out its troops then the u.s. will lose always leverage and credi

p.k. k. which is fighting for kurdish autonomy in south east turkey. for that we have said and we are saying that no we will begin our operation to rescue the east of the euphrates from the separatist organization within a few days turkey says any operation would not target u.s. troops but the white b.g. is an important element in washington's syria strategy and the trump administration's only syria ally giving its leverage and influence in any political settlement turkish leaders know that and are treading carefully so as not to rupture a relationship with a strategically important ally. the u.s. envoy for syria is now stressing washington's ties with armed groups in northern syria are tactical temporary and transactional such a description is unlikely to please the white peachey or satisfy turkish leaders but the u.s. says steps are being taken turkey has yet to say whether they are enough to prevent military action senator al jazeera has stumbled well. the online property rental company air b.n. b. has denied its reversing a decision to ban listings

p.k. k. which is fighting for autonomy in south east turkey. turkey also backs what it calls the rightful owners of y p t controlled areas some arab tribes and others have accused the kurdish force of capturing predominantly arab lands and its military campaign against eisel those tribes who say they are being prevented from returning home or throwing their weight behind turkey which seems to be coordinating an arrangement on the future of that corner of syria with the united states senate. a check on the turkey syria border has been reaction from europe to president transplants german officials say they were not alerted in advance of the u.s. decision on syria. as an ally and part of the coalition we would have found prior consultations with the u.s. government on a withdrawal of u.s. troops helpful in the view of the federal government the so-called islamic state continues to pose a threat even if the terrorist organizations have meanwhile lost large parts of the territory previously controlled by the. in france the defense minister has prais