the group's political wing is the pyd. >> translator: on the ground it had onning -- it is our kurdsre fighting isil. the coalition needs to support us. but it is limited to air strikes. it made us stronger no doubt, but we are not receiving any weapons or ammunition. >> reporter: the u.s.-lead coalition a acknowledges the advances, but it is careful to avoid identifying the fighters as the ypg. many in the international community consider the ypg fight ores and their political wing to be he the syrian branch of the pkk, an organization on a european and u.s. terrorist list. >> the pyd, you could state's sort of the local affiliate of the pkk on the ground in the syria areas. so they are very closely interlinked, but of course you have to be careful, because the pkk is still on -- listed as a terrorist organization in the west. >> reporter: clearly the ypg's links to the pkk are a factor. they will not be among the groups that the u.s. plans to train. in the northeast syria's kurds are the majority. before isil advanced into their region, they were enjoying relative stability. they e

pyd and the turkish government. >> reporter: which could be good for turkey's kurds. thieves activists have been travel thug turkey on a peace train. they want to cement a cease-fire to bring to an end a 30-long conflict. 40,000 people were killed. the return to a conflict is extremely unlikely, but there is a perception amongst some kurds that the government is dragging its feet on issues of granting more cultural rights and giving some sort of autonomy to kurdish regions. 60-year-old ibrahim lost members of his family in the fighting. >> we don't even know where they're buried. but despite the pain we've suffered, we say peace peace and peace again. >> reporter: on saturday, the train reaches its destination and a million people will hear a statement from the jailed leader of the pkk. he's expected to reinforce his call for the pkk to lay down it's arms to put the peace process back on track. >> now russia's president wants a common currency with belarus and kazakhstan. vladimir putin made the proposal. the russian economy is facing a deep recession hit hard by fall

the head of the pyd, mohamed, was invited by columbia to come to a seminar here. he submitted his visa application at the u.s. embassy in stockholm almost three years ago. the u.s. government still hasn't acted on his visa request. since the pyd has shown that they're cable of taking on -- cable of taking on isis in kobani and elsewhere, we should be meeting with them, we should be supporting their political objectives. >> not having these relationships mediated by national capitals. >> we don't have a relationship with the kurds of syria. there are occasionally meetings between the u.s. special envoy and -- [inaudible] in paris, but he should be invited to washington for full scale consultations with the pentagon with capitol hill and with the state department about closer cooperation. finish and when it comes -- and when it comes to turkey, we should recognize that the pkk which is on the u.s. list of foreign terrorist organizations is has now become a force for democracy and stability in the region. their participation in the battle of kobani was critical to de

in kobane and we could actually see right now more possibility for a corporation or talk with pyd andsh government. >> reporter: could be good news for turkey kurds, these activists spent the last ten days traveling through turkey on a peace train and want to cement a two year long ceasefire with an end to 30 year conflict between separatist kurdish pkk and the turkish state, 40,000 people were killed. but the general view among activists and analyst to a return to conflict between pkk and turkish state is extremely unlikely but the peace process has a perception among some kurds that the turkish government is dragging its feet like granting cultural rights and giving some sort of autonomy to kurdish regions. he lost 50 members of his extended family in the fighting. >> translator: we don't even know where they are buried but despite all this pain we suffered we still say peace, peace and peace again. >> reporter: on saturday the train reaches the town at the climax and a million people will hear a statement from the jailed leader of pkk, and he is expected to reenforce his call for p

the pkk which has strong loyalties with the pyd wanted to join the battle and kobani so did the kurdish militant group in iran. in iraqi kurdistan and the peshmerga negotiated an arrangement with 155 of their fighters transited through turkey to join the battle so you had kurds from all poor countries essentially fighting together against the islamic state. initially the obama administration said kobani has no strategic value but it changed its view. it decided to launch airstrikes and to deliver weapons over the very strong objections of president erdogan in turkey. kobani is an emblematic event in the formation of the new kurdish national identity much the way hollister was in 1988. >> very interesting. let's bring ourselves up to date and delve into that a little bit more. it seems that the rise of isis has fundamentally affected and changed kurdish u.s. cooperation. take us through some of the big changes going on now on the ground but also politically. how has the political terrain shifted because of isis? >> in may the kurds in iraq went to the u.s. government. they went to the go

. >> turkey has not received any threat from pyd in terms of security.tory [ inaudible ] of isil in ka banny, and what we have been seeing here you know there, we could actually see right now, more possibility for -- for cooperation or talk with the pyd, and the turkish government. ♪ >> reporter: which could be good news for turkey's kurds. these activists have spent the last ten days traveling through turkey on a peace train. they want to cement a two-year long ceasefire that brought an end to the separatists kurdish pkk, and the turkish state. 40,000 people were killed. the peace process has faltered and there's a perception ai don't think some kurds that the turkish government is dragging its feet on some issues. this 60-year-old lost 50 members of his extended family in the fighting. >> translator: we don't even know where they are buried but despite all of this pain we suffered, we still say, peace, peace, and peace again. >> reporter: on saturday the train reached its end point. at the climax of the celebration, a million people will hear a stateme

the pyd will not be among the opposition groups, even though it is organized and has been engaged in direct combat with isil. >> the kurds are the majority. before isil is found into the region they were enjoying relative individual. the battle for the border town of kobane was the first time that the u.s.-led coalition coordinated with a fighting on the ground of syria. it was the first time that it did so. it's it an alliance born of necessity, not choice. al jazeera beirut. >> lawyers have failed to stop an appeal in south africa's supreme court that could see him of murdering his girlfriend. they will decide if the sentence given to the olympic athlete as being too convenient. they claim the judge misinterpreted the law when ruling. scientists have recently discovered where the ebola epidemic started. they traced it back to a two-year-old boy who died in a village in guinea. they report on how life in that west africanville village changed. >> these people are not taking any chances. it's ored that locals ate bats from this tree and contracted the ebola virus the beginning of the

many in the international community consider the ypg fighters and their political wing, the pyd to beyrian branch of the pkk, an organization on a european and u.s. terrorist list. >> the pyg, you could say it's the local affiliate of the pkk on the ground. so they are very closely interlinked, but of course you have to be careful, because the pkk is is still listed as a terrorist organization in the west. >> reporter: the ypg will not be among the opposition groups that the u.s. plans to arm and train to fight in syria even though it is organized and has been engaged in direct combat with isil. in the northeast syria's kurds are the majority. before isil advanced into the region, they were enjoying relative stability. many interpreted this was a step towards creating an independent state, but the kurds say all they want is autonomy in a democratic syria. the battle for the border town of kobani was the first time the u.s.-lead coalition coordinated with a local fighting force. at first it was reluctant to do so because turkey also considers the groups terrorists. months later the coo

the group is about pyd. >> on the ground it is the kurds fighting i.s.i.l. that is why it is a matter of the coalition to support us but the support we are getting is limited to air strikes. it made us stronger no doubt but we are not receiving any weapons and am contiguous. >> reporter: the u.s. led coalition does acknowledge the ypg advances, but it's careful to identify the forces as ypg it identifies them as the antii.s.i.l.anti-i.s.i.l. forces. the pkk on european and international terrorist list. >> kurdish areas called radashaba by the kurds. they are very closely interlinked but of course they have to be careful because the pkk is still listed as terrorist organization in the west. >> clearly the ypg's listing not among the opposition groups that the u.s. plans to arm and train for fighting in syria even though they have been in direct combats against i.s.i.l. before i.s.i.l. advanced into the region they were enjoying relative stability. they even had their own administration that ran their affairs. many interpreted this as a step towards creating a

. >> i know the pyd were act itchi along with the peshmerga in taking part in some of those rescues. also helped the peshmerga in various situations. but still prescribed organization in this country. is that still our view and if so, why? >> would you like to answer that? >> at the risk of sountding bureaucratic, we don't go into cities -- can't get into sort of who is being considered and who isn't being considered for prescription. they nonetheless continue to have a difficult relationship no higher with turkey. and so it's -- it's not an entirely sort of straightforward thing. >> it's also a matter for the home secretary, of course. >> yes. i've heard the answer from the home secretary. i was hoping your answer might be different. the iraqi didn't attend january's anti-isil conference in london. this caused considerable hurt to them apparently and also annoyance. were you aware that they would not be part of the iraqi allegation and if so did the fx co have any responsibility to persuade the iraqis to take a more inclusive approach? >> well, we did -- clearly we couldn't invite t

. >> i know the pyd were act itchi along with the peshmerga in taking part in some of those rescues. also helped the peshmerga in various situations. but still prescribed organization in this country. is that still our view and if so, why? >> would you like to answer that? >> at the risk of sountding bureaucratic, we don't go into cities -- can't get into sort of who is being considered and who isn't being considered for prescription. they nonetheless continue to have a difficult relationship no higher with turkey. and so it's -- it's not an entirely sort of straightforward thing. >> it's also a matter for the home secretary, of course. >> yes. i've heard the answer from the home secretary. i was hoping your answer might be different. the iraqi didn't attend january's anti-isil conference in london. this caused considerable hurt to them apparently and also annoyance. were you aware that they would not be part of the iraqi allegation and if so did the fx co have any responsibility to persuade the iraqis to take a more inclusive approach? >> well, we did -- clearly we couldn't invite t

. >> i know the pyd were active along with the peshmerga in taking part in some of those rescues and that they've also helped the peshmerga in other situations. they're still the prescribed organization in this country. is that still our view? if so why? >> they are still prescribed. at the risk of sounding bureaucratic we don't go into -- can't get into sort of who is being considered and who isn't being considered for prescription. they nonetheless continue to have a difficult relationship with turkey. so it's not an entirely sort of straightforward government. >> it's also a matter for the home secretary, of course. >> yes i've had the answer from the home secretary. the iraqi kurds didn't attend january's anti-isil conference in london. and this caused considerable hurt to them apparently and also annoyance. we were aware they would not be part of the delegation. did we ever have any responsibility to persuade the iraqis to take a more inclusive approach? >> well, we did -- clearly we couldn't invite them in their own right. it was a conference of nations. and we did encourage th