the smoke is rising from the key town of ras al—ain. the town, this pro—turkish fighter says "we've just arrived". and give thanks to god. then ducks to avoid incoming fire. but kurdish forces can't offer much resistance. ras al—ain has all but fallen and other towns are expected to follow. the turks and their allies are stamping their authority here. and syrian kurdish forces are looking very much alone, urging the us allies to keep their side of the bargain after the kurds died in their thousands fighting islamic state. translation: our allies guaranteed us protection but they abandoned us without warning and decided unjustly to withdraw their troops from the turkish border. we call on our allies to fulfil their moral obligations. us forces aren't far away but they're holding fire as the kurds take heavy casualties. this footage, filmed exclusively for the bbc, shows american troops standing by at the edge of turkey's planned safe zone. even leading republicans accusing president trump of a shameful betrayal. and turkey's offensive is

but shelling and gunfire continue in syria's ras al-ain this friday.ime to take a look at the day's business newews. starting o off with the massive newtariffs from the u.s. against the e.u.u. >> they finally came into affected after much tension coming from the new tariffs targeting s some 7.5 bibillio dollars in europeaean gos,s, everytything fromm french won to ecottish whiskey -- french win to scottish iskekey. tariffffs up 1010% will l applyo aircraft from t the e.u. thehe oil produced on these boats is known as a liquid gold in this pocket of southern spain. but that pot of good fortune could soon run dry for andalusia's producers. it is not just their trees getting a brisk shaking this friday. new u.s. import targets are set to be a problem to their livelihoods as well. >> these tariffs are the tip of the iceberg. they will push us over the edge. i do understand -- do not understand why olive farmers have to agree to these. arehese washington tariffs in retaliation two-year pn subsidies headed to airbus, whicich the u.s. has said has harmeded bi

a humanitarian convoy in ras al—ain... being killed. a humanitarian convoy in ras al-ain... a humanitarian convoy in ras al-ain. .. byd elements. including children, including some journalists? hour operation has been actually limited. also measured, 0k? and we are targeting only terrorists. and terrorist elements. we have enough intelligence from the ground, and we know where they are. they use church, for instance, with their snipers, to attack us. they won't expecting us to attack this church, we didn't. —— they were expecting. they used to schools and civilians as a shelter, and we didn't attack this. we've been conducting this operation very carefully to make sure no civilians are actually affected. you bring up daesh... are actually affected. you bring up daesh. .. yes. daesh, are actually affected. you bring up daesh... yes. daesh, ypg, pkk, they are all terrorist. you bring up daesh, so—called islamic state, they have 12,000 fighters. they have nothing to do with islam, islam is a religion of peace. i know, so—called, i said. religion of peace. i know, so-called, i sa

they left ras—al—ain, along with huge numbers of fleeing civilians.a has defended his decision to call a state of emergency, saying the country's "at war". eight people are known to have been killed since the unrest began on friday. australian newspapers have blacked out their front pages — to protest against to strict national security legislation. industry insiders say the media is subject to a regime of intense government secrecy — and journalists risk criminal charges, just for doing their jobs.

they left ras al—ain, along with huge numbers of fleeing civilians. to cities in the north and south. rioting has continued in spite of a curfew imposed for a second consecutive night. protesters clashed with police in the capital, santiago. eight people are known to have been killed. australian newspapers have blacked out theirfront pages, to protest against to strict national security legislation. industry insiders say the media is subject to a regime of intense government secrecy now on bbc news, simon mccoy reports from the cornish port of penzance

this pro—turkish fighter says they've just entered ras al—ain.ely, there's incoming fire from kurdish fighters. tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. some are now sheltering in this school. how do you explain it to a child? this boy says he was at school when he heard an air strike nearby. he says the whole class dived under their desks. "there was shelling", says this man. "i had to flee my house in the middle of the night. we didn't know where to go. we walked about six miles. and i'm sick and i don't have any medicine." but turkey's president says his fight is not against the kurdish people. translation: the west and the us all together say to us, "you are killing the kurds." the kurds are our brothers and sisters, our fight is not against the kurds — it is against terrorist organisations. driven from their homes by the fighting, that's not how these people feel. and martin spoke to us from akcha kale earlier. wood bus—loads of fighters heading towards the border as you were saying, they have the manpower and weapons

are of ambulances arriving in the syrian town of tall tamr carrying wounded kurdish fighters from ras al—ain was supposed to begin on friday but kurdish forces m ras al—ain said they were still under siege. with us mediation that has been sorted and a large convoy of at least 50 vehicles has evacuated the fighters and the wounded, reportedly some civilians are also leaving the town. they don't have to under the terms of the us brokered ceasefire but they are afraid of the forces taking over, these are syrian militias which are allied with turkey and include some islamist extremists and have a reputation for carrying out abuse. the kurdish leaders have said that once the evacuation of ras al—ain is completed, they will withdraw from a zone on the turkey—syria border in line with the ceasefire. they have until tuesday night to withdraw. and that would leave turkey in charge of an area or territory roughly in the centre of the border. it is not clear what the arrangement will be for the rest of that frontier area, which are still largely under kurdish control. barbara plett usher there. large a

it is the town of ras al—ain, and it isa it is the town of ras al—ain, and it is a town turkish forces fighting back. we are told from inside the town the kurds still control 70% of it. this is one of the main conflict areas, but it's evidence that the military operation is still ongoing, despite us requests that a cease—fire take place, and also what we heard from mr erdogan in parliament earlier today, that the military operation would continue on the he said, until the kurds in effect a surrender, lay down their arms and leave the area that turkey wants is a safe zone, any resistance here in ras al—ain shows the kurds are not at this pointing about doing that. jeremy brown is in the turkish capital ankara. hejoins us live he joins us live at the moment. jeremy, i guess the next couple of days are all about who can exert influence over turkey. what is your assessment of the equation? can you repeat that question?” assessment of the equation? can you repeat that question? i wasjust saying come in the next couple of days rn who can exert influence on turkey. i wonder what your assessme

kurdish forces have said look they will abide by the agreement in flashpoint border towns like ras al-ain like the ad but it's not clear though that groups like the wind will fully comply that's a big problem for turkey. city right and the special. that the americans are out of there have savvy less and less leverage of. the kurds why because the because actually they see the americans as betraying them due to a great extent because you know i mean the americans they abandoned abandoned them actually and they're now took you to start this military operation in the 1st place and i dish and don't forget that the downs and villages on the borders of kurdish majority. of villages and towns so that when they are controlled by turkey this is something that it's very difficult for me to see how the kurds actually with the will will accept that. and the medium and longer on when they accept that their kid controlled this and definitely this is something for them i guess i guess difficult to i mean to see the sea accepting so we still need to watch closely the development on the ground in order to

in syria has confirmed that they have evacuated their fighters from the strategic border town of ras al—ainposed safe zone in northern syria. this opens the way for a broader withdrawal of kurdish militias from parts of the turkish syrian border. under a deal brokered by the us, turkey agreed to suspend its offensive in the area to allow the kurdish pull back from the frontier. these pictures are of ambulances arriving in the syrian town of tall tamr carrying wounded kurdish fighters from ras al—ain today. barbara plett usher is at the turkey syria border. the ceasefire was supposed to begin on friday but kurdish forces in ras al—ayn said they were still under siege. kurdish forces in the town of ras al—ayn said there were still under siege and still coming under attack. with us mediation that has been sorted and a large convoy of at least 50 vehicles has evacuated the fighters and the wounded, reportedly some civilians are also leaving the town. they don't have to under the terms of the us brokered ceasefire but they are afraid of the forces taking over, these are syrian militias which are

this pro—turkish fighter says they've just entered ras al—ain.fire from kurdish fighters. gunfire. allahu akbar. tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. some are now sheltering in this school. how do you explain it to a child? this boy says he was at school when he heard an air strike nearby. he says the whole class dived under their desks. "there was shelling", says this man. "i had to flee my house in the middle of the night. we didn't know where to go. we walked about six miles. and i'm sick and i don't have any medicine." but turkey's president says his fight is not against the kurdish people. translation: the west and the us all together say to us, "you are killing the kurds." the kurds are our brothers and sisters, our fight is not against the kurds — it is against terrorist organisations. driven from their homes by the fighting, that's not how these people feel. martin patience, bbc news, on the turkish—syrian border. well, let's get more now on the humaniarian effort on the turkish—syria border. ruth hetherington i

this motherfled ras al—ain, carrying her sick daughter. has had no food for the past four days and is barely alive. "what is this? " she cries. "erdogan, look at this." and in the kurdish stronghold of qamishli, mass funerals today forfour dead. orla guerrin. the foreign office has confirmed the wife of an american diplomat who left the uk despite being a suspect in a fatal crash, does not have diplomatic immunity as she has left the country. 19—year—old harry dunn died when his motorbike crashed into a car driven by anne sacoolas outside raf croughton in northamptonshire in august. the 42—year—old has released a statement, saying she's been left "devastated" by the incident, and would like to meet the victims‘ parents. the ecuadorian president has ordered the capital quito and surrounding areas, to be placed under curfew and military control. it comes after 11 days of protests against the government. fresh clashes took place between the security forces and the indigenous protesters, who want austerity measures agreed with international cr

this town of ras al ain is right now besieged by turkish forces.e said you have five days, syrian democratic forces, to get out or else turkey will renew its offensivoffensive. if you follow the civil war closely as you do, andrea, that is a tactic used throughout the civil war by bashar al assad. we just ratified that approach. i think it's quite troubling. in terms of where do they go, their only option now, unfortunately, is with damascus and the russians. and trump, i just saw the tweets you just reported, he seems to pretend he's somehow in control of these events. he is a total irrelevancy. we are now bystanders. he's ceded all of our leverage. erdogan is meeting with putin in four days in russia. that is where these deals will be cut. i suspect they have already drawn the lines on the map. they know where this is going. they will make arrangements in russia in four days. for the united states of america in the middle east, if you're not at the table, you're on the table. and that's what's happening. erdogan wants us out, putin wants us out,

syria's observatory for human rights as the casualties happened in the disputed border town of ras al-ain turkey's president has vowed to clear all kurdish forces from a so-called safe zone near the border if they do not leave voluntarily in the news the head chill is that president makes a dramatic move in the wake of huge antigovernment protests and pope francis considers overturning centuries old rules to help solve a shortage of catholic priests in the amazon. we've got some bases spells of warm sunshine continuing across southern parts of your city better than much of last week for those western areas of the mediterranean further north we do have something to change under way this weather system here this cold front warm front making its way across northern most past will sink further south was to the north of that we have much cooler in store high pressure further south so fine dry and sunny we see temperatures getting up to around 2425 celsius across the passes notice still want to see showers into central parts of the mediterranean but the main weather features you go through the

forces in northern syria have ordered the final evacuation of all fights at the border town of ras al-ain the operation is still underway this was a key part of the agreement to pause military operations with turkey for joins us now from the turkey syria border charles what else do we know about this operation is it close to coming to a conclusion. well certainly according to a statement released now by the s.d.f. those kurdish forces today saying that there are no s.t.'s fight is left in russell line they say that they left along with what we understand could well be at least a couple of 100 civilians wounded civilians wounded fighters in the 2nd of 2 convoys the 1st one having gone in yesterday. so yes the s.d.f. saying that their fighters have now withdrawn from that town. just to talk a little bit about russell line of this being the focus of some of the heaviest fighting in the build up to this cease fire. we saw predominately what we believe to be. sort of syrian fighters these are the free syrian army fighters that have been at the forefront of this fight fighting alongside the tur

kurdish groups in northeastern syria turkish forces say they have taken control of the center of ras al-ain a key syrian border town but kurdish forces deny that the united nations says at least 100000 civilians have been internally displaced since ankara launched an offensive on kurdish held areas on wednesday 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern nigeria locals say gunmen raided a military post in the town of gadget garner in borno state on friday a nearby village was also attacked 4 civilians and 3 soldiers were killed communities in borno state have been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated with myself. at least 16 people have been killed in an attack on a mosque in between a facet a group of men opened fire inside the grand mosque and some morsy in the country's north but in a fast been struggling with armed conflict for the past 4 years a powerful typhoon has pounded japan's capital and surrounding areas with heavy rain and strong winds killing at least 10 people typhoon huckabee this paralyzed tokyo on saturday before moving to the north a cleanup operation has beg

if turkey allows the evacuation of its remaining feiss and civilians from the besieged town of ras al-ain turkey and kurdish forces have accused each other of breaching the truce steel reached in northeastern syria on thursday and washington brokered deal aims to halt a turkish led offensive on the condition that kurdish militants retreat from a safe zone along the border the deal gives them 5 days for a complete withdrawal a deadline that will expire on cheese day night the turkish president has warned the kurdish fighters to respect the deadline. all of us know look if it happens it happens if not the minute the 120 hours end we will start from where we left off and continued to crush the terrorists heads through suits. meanwhile tens of thousands of people took to the streets across germany on saturday to protest turkey's incursion into northern syria the rallies organized by left leaning and kurdish groups called on the government to step up pressure on turkey the largest demonstration was in cologne but police were out in force amid concerns of possible violence. marching for peace i

the syrian town of ras al-ain pounded by turkish it to reach across the border. to weaken to turkey's offensive in northern syria fighting still rages here to push back to syrian militias seen here of battling kurdish fighters who are counterattacking to retake the time. the turkish onslaught has left the kurdish autonomous administration in northern syria little choice but to turn to the assad regime for help. syrian government troops have pushed forward to stop the turkish advance. they have reached the city of man bage a strategic town situated on a major highway. syrian state television was on the ground as local celebrated the troops arrival. russian troops have also been spotted in the town and the russian foreign ministry says it's just have created a buffer between the syrian and turkish armies to avoid a direct confrontation. it's moscow that has gained most from the withdrawal of u.s. troops and the subsequent turkish attack. the deal between the kurds and moscow's ally are sad gives russia access to northern syria previously under us way. as washington

strikes and artillery continue to rain down on the border town of ras al-ain for a 6 day work on the. turkish backed rebel groups have already expelled the kurds from talib yet another town on the border but a nearby telemark troops arrived to hold the turkish advance. we came here to tell the american base the turkish attack against syria and to ensure the safety of families from the random turkish shelling. the development risks a direct confrontation between syrian and turkish forces. meanwhile u.s. troops are continuing their withdrawal from northern syria trump has said that he'll keep a quote small footprint station in southern syria and threaten turkey with thanks since for its offensive against the kurds. the european union has also condemned the operation the block agreed to limit the sales of weapons to turkey but it fell short of announcing sanctions. formal remorsefully. formally it was not possible to have an embargo but all come here are committed to no longer delivering omes to turkey and really they. don't. don't ask me right now what is happening with the young going

on nick spicer thanks for joining us turkish backed forces say they've taken control of ras al-ain a key border town in northeastern syria it would be the biggest gain since turkish president to ones offensive into the region began on wednesday the e.u. and u.s. have criticized the offensive and called for it to stop immediately washington and paris are threatening to impose sanctions on a grow in northern syria the assault has forced tens of thousands of people to flee the region and seek safety. bread at last this bakery is one of very few shops still open in commish leave for 2 days now mahmoud has been trying to buy groceries for his family but most shops are shut he's relieved to have finally found one that's open. my relatives visiting from wrestling and this is all the food i've got to offer them all of the shops are closed i don't know why. not the. fear has turned commish lee into a ghost town turkish grenades continue to hit the city and the sound of gunfire can be heard in the distance around 3 pm a car bomb detonated in front of a popular restaurant killing at least 3 peo

accused turkish troops of carrying on attacks fighting appeared to continue in the border town of ras al-ain on friday turkish president erica wan has denied the attacks he is about to continue turkey's offensive in the region unless kurdish led fighters withdraw from a so-called safe zone 30 kilometers deep into syria so far there's been no sign of a pullout by the kurds. well here in the studio with me is author and journalist mark is because he's a middle east analyst and has written a book about syria and its neighboring countries thank you so much for joining us this morning so the european union for its part says this ceasefire deal is effectively a demand for kurdish capitulation can you see the kurds ever agreeing to leave the region i don't think oh it's not only the region of the kurdish fighters of the wide p.g. but it's also the region of the kurdish people in northern syria and it's not possible that hundreds of thousands of people living there for years and decades just leave the area the deal does not include an answer to the question where shall the kurds go. well speaking ab

his withdrawal from the syrian border town of ras al-ain one of the main targets of turkey's offensive. it's been another day of chaos in hong kong with demonstrators torching shops and police hitting back with water cannon and tear gas . and south america's longest serving leaders seeks an unprecedented 4th term but it looks like it's going to be a tight race that bolivia's eva morales. and in school the fairy tale and for japan at the rugby world cup the hosts are knocked out of the tournament to buy a 2 time champions at south africa. welcome to the program our top story officials in lebanon is saying the main parties have agreed to a package of reforms for posed by the prime minister saad hariri to ease the economic crisis that sparked nationwide protests demonstrations have spread across the country with people of all ages and all religions expressing their anger at the government for a 4th day now protesters say the political system is riddled with corruption and cronyism is what prime minister saad hariri is reportedly agreed with his partners in government hurries reform plan r

reports of heavy fighting in the town of ras al-ain on tuesday russian defense officials said the kurdish withdrawal was complete but turkish intelligence says some fighters do remain that that line was established under a deal between russia and turkey russia about a has more now from some of you from. syrian government and the s.d.s. say that they came under heavy artillery attacks from the turkish military particularly in the areas of tel tama and on the outskirts of basra lane now the syrian opposition on the other hand is saying that those confrontations were very limited and that the fighting was not just with the syrian army and the turkish military or rather between the syrian military and the syrian opposition has said it was he is backed by turkey and the situation remains very tense in those areas it is clearly an indication that all the parties are vying for a bigger say the syrian opposition backed by turkey for example saying that it wants to extend its influence particularly in the area of us wes's phone to tell us elaine and prevent the as the air from moving back to those

reports of sporadic fighting in the syrian town of ras al-ain disappointing us turkey deal to halt the offensive against kurdish fighters. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al-jazeera lawyer from doha also coming up. tens of thousands call for lebanon's government to step down as new tax plans on some of the biggest protests and. gun battles and chaos on the streets in mexico a security forces project up to the sun of anatolia struggle. and after 7 months the remains of some ethiopian and crash victims are finally returned to their families in kenya. there are reports of sporadic fighting in northeastern syria less than a day after a temporary cease fire was announced by the u.s. and turkey but it can't be independently verified plumes of smoke was seen rising in a key flashpoint syrian border town on friday morning despite the agreement and these are live pictures from ras al-ain now well under the deal kurdish fighters were given 5 days to withdraw from the region where turkey says it wants to enforce what it calls a safe zone which all structure joins us live now from jail and not near

just a mile behind me is the turkey/syria border and beyond that is the kurdish city of ras al-ain. yesterday morning we saw heavy clashes unfolding here, despite the cease-fire. this morning is a different story. we've only really seen small arms fire sporadic, mortar fire. nevertheless, the kurds continue to allege that turkey is violating the cease-fire arrangement that's been brokered by the united states, the sdf putting out a statement saying that the turkish military is stopping the creation of a safe corridor in ras al-ain, which would allow civilians and injured out and humanitarian aid in. so far we've seen no evidence to corroborate those claims. we haven't heard from turkey on that. nevertheless there are serious questions, outstanding questions as to how this agreement is going to work. especially considering we're seeing reports from inside the city that indicate that turkish military is preventing sdf forces, kurdish forces from leaving the city. a requirement of the agreement that in five days' time all kurdish forces need to leave the so-called turkish safe zone and

is reporting heavy fighting near the town of ras al-ain. there's been some clashes in 2 areas on the outskirts of the last line tama the syrian government and the us the say there were heavy mortar attacks are totally attacks by the turkish military targeting those areas over the syrian government pulled out from 8 villages and moved south of tama now the syrian opposition army the said they said that these were very limited clashes and that they were not was with the syrian army and took a square tree and that rather there were between the syrian army and the opposition fighters positioned in those areas. chile's president has canceled both the upcoming asia pacific trade summit and u.n. climate change conference because of ongoing anti-government protests president. says his priority is to restore order after the largest demonstrations in the country in nearly 2 decades thousands of anti-government protesters are demonstrating in the lebanese city of tripoli despite the prime minister. handing in his resignation to the president michel ha

the kurdish leaders have said that once the evacuation of ras al—ain is completed, they will withdrawre. they have until tuesday night to withdraw. and that would leave turkey in charge of an area 01’ that would leave turkey in charge of an area or territory roughly in the centre of the border. it is not clear what the arrangement will be for the rest of that frontier area, which are still largely under kurdish control. barbara plett usher there. huge anti—government protests are being held in lebanon for the fourth day. demonstrators have filled the streets in the centre of beirut the protests are driven by anger at falling standards of living, austerity measures and high unemployment. the demonstrators are demanding the government's resignation and fresh elections and there've been calls for a sweeping away of the entire political establishment, which is widely seen as corrupt and self—serving. catalonia's most prominent pro—spanish politician, albert rivera, has told a rally in barcelona that if he were in charge he'd jail people who wanted to break up spain. he was addresssing a f

between government troops and turkish forces near the border it's happening around the town of ras al-ain the syrian government forces have taken up positions following a recent kurdish withdrawal it's part of a deal between russia and turkey to start joint security patrols. has more from sandy are far. syrian government and the s.d.s. say that they came under heavy artillery attacks from the turkish military particularly in the areas of tel tama and on the outskirts of basra lane now the syrian opposition on the other hand is saying that those confrontations were very limited and that the fighting was not between the syrian army and the turkish military rather between the syrian military and the syrian opposition the said there was he's backed by turkey and the situation remains very tense in those areas it is clearly an indication that all the parties are vying for the biggest say the syrian opposition backed by took it for example is saying that it wants to extend its influence particularly in the area of us west as fun to be a top toss elaine and prevent the as the air from moving bac

air strikes and artillery continue to rain down on the borderer town of ras al-ain for sixth straight day. turkish-backed rebel groups have already expelled the kurds from tal al-abayat. but troops arrived to halt the turkish advance. >> we came to ensure the safety of families from random turkish shelliling. >> the development risks a direct confrontation between the syrian and turkish military. syrian government media claimed that troops had entered the town of manbij even ass turkish backd rebels say they're advancing on the city alongngside turkish units. u.s. troroops are continuing thr withdrawal from northern sir yasm president trump said on monday that turkey will face sanctions for its offensive against the kurds. the european union has also condemned the operation. the block agreed to limit sales of weapons to turkey but fell short of announcing sanctions. >> formerly it was not possible to have an embargo but all companies are committed to no longer delivering arms to turkey. now, don't ask me right now what is happening with the ongoing contracts. it's up to each country t

100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of tell me to the border town of ras al-ain to the east it is an area of the u.s. military withdrew from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure are not the targets of the campaign thousands of syrians are already on the move fleeing hostilities which are still largely confined to border areas but the safe zone turkey says it wants to create extends 480 kilometers along the border and 30 kilometers deep turkey says the operation is about getting rid of a security threat it considers the syrian kurdish armed group the y. p.g. which forms the backbone of the as the f a terrorist organization the turks also want millions of refugees it is looking after to move to the safe zone both the men say you know for years syrians fled from morocco do. and other less they fled from isolate the y.p. s

between government troops and turkish forces near the border it's happening around the town of ras al-ain syrian government forces have taken up positions following a recent kurdish withdraw it's part of a deal between russia and turkey to start joint security patrols or has more from san you're for. syrian government and the s.d.s. say that they came under heavy artillery attacks from the turkish military particularly in the areas of tel tama and all the outskirts of basra lane now the syrian opposition all the other hand is saying that those confrontations were very limited and that the fighting was not between the syrian army and the turkish military or rather between the syrian military and the syrian opposition the city it was he's backed by turkey and the situation remains very tense in those areas it is clearly an indication that all the parties are vying for the biggest save the syrian opposition backed by turkey for example is saying that it wants to extend its influence particularly in the area of us west as font of your thought tell us elaine and prevent the as the from moving

tick actually where all of this is happening turkish forces are launching attacks from the town of ras al-ain they've also gathered near the turkish border town of chocolaty it's thought they'll cross into the town of. u.s. troops recently evacuated that town though as an territory held by the s.t.'s kurdish led forces to already has a presence and syria holding and number of observation points those however in northwestern syria an area mainly controlled by turkish and rebel forces let's go now to our correspondent charles stratford he's joining us live from atlanta i know you've been seeing and hearing those are all eventualities what are you hearing about the turkish operation so far. well certainly in the last hour or so things have quietened down in this immediate area but up until then as you say for the last 5 or 6 hours before then there was a heavy biology's of artillery rockets fired and then it was close to the time where the yet turkish defense ministry announced that a ground incursion had begun and there was a lot of heavy arms fire heavy machine gun fire quite close to where we

100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of tell me to the border town of ras al-ain to the east it is an area the u.s. military withdrew from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure are not the targets of the campaign thousands of syrians are already on the move fleeing hostilities which are still largely confined to border areas but the safe zone turkey says it wants to create extends 480 kilometers along the border and 30 kilometers deep turkey says the operation is about getting rid of a security threat it considers the syrian kurdish armed group the y. p.g. which forms the backbone of the as the f a terrorist organization the turks also want millions of refugees it is looking after to move to the safe zone both the money so you know for years syrians fled from morocco. and other as they fled from iceland the y.p. she took

100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of tel me to the border town of ras al-ain to the east it is an area of the u.s. military would through from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure are not the targets of the campaign thousands of syrians are already on the move fleeing hostilities which are still largely confined to border areas but the safe zone turkey says it wants to create extends 480 kilometers along the border and 30 kilometers deep turkey says the operation is about getting rid of a security threat it considers the syrian kurdish armed group the y. p.g. which forms the backbone of the as the f a terrorist organization the turks also want millions of refugees it is looking after to move to the safe zone both the money so you know for years syrians fled from morocco do as. and other as they fled from iceland the

says it has seen artillery and machine gun fire south of the border south of the border town of ras al-ain kurdish forces agree to retreat from the area under a deal struck between russia and lastly. try to turkey that we join correspondent to you leon in istanbul welcome you here. for what happens now. well the cease fire that you have been talking about has been a very shaky one there have been occasional skirmishes they have continued in the past days and both sides have blamed each other for violations now turkey and russia struck that deal to allow kurdish militia in northeast to syria which ankara consider as terrorists to withdraw some 30 kilometer has from the turkish border in a next step than turkish and russian forces which start to joint patrols in that part of that area now while the kurdish led as d.f. say they happen redeploying their forces away from the border and the russian defense ministry just announced the withdrawal has been completed earlier today said that not all of the fighting has have withdrawn and we heard president edwin there in the past days he has repeated

kurdish fighters are now reported to have left ras—al—ain, on the syrian side of the border. 0ur correspondentria. souad mohammed is numb. she's been that way since seeing in the morgue the mutilated body of her daughter. the brutal killing of havrin khalaf, a kurdish politician, by turkish backed militants, is now being investigated as a war crime. "i feel i want to burn down this home", she tells me, "because the memories of my daughter are everywhere, and it's too hard to bear. her whole life is playing like a movie in my mind." she told me she blamed turkey and america for her loss. it was the announcement of the withdrawal of these american troops from northern syria that precipitated this crisis and, in effect, gave turkey the green light to invade. that us withdrawal is now very much in motion, a sorry end to what had been an effective partnership that won back all the territory controlled by the islamic state group. kurdish forces lost thousands of fighters in that campaign. now, some of the same combatants who survived the long battle against is are dying at the hands of turkey. i thi