that road rather both are now supposedly under turkish control so the m 4 runs east to west through s.t.'s held territory from the iraqi border let's go now to santa who is live for us near turkey's border with syria so zain and this is a quickly developing situation has been for the past few days now what is the latest. well that this isn't by the united states to withdraw from north eastern syria effectively created a vacuum there are many players in this area and conflict and all those players want this corner of syria strategic corner it has oil fields it is the bread basket of syria for so for the governments in the mask is a kastrup government it is vital to regain control of this area apart from the fact that it can claim that it has regained sovereignty across the country the kurdish led as the f. is in a very difficult position it was abandoned by its allies the united states and it was under attack by turkey and its local allies the syrian national army turkey considers the as the f a terrorist organization that this is just a front for the syrian kurdish armed group the why p

and turkey this left our people defenseless and that security mechanism was when the s.t.'s forces agreed to withdraw from positions along the border along the turkey syria border they agreed to withdraw and allow joint patrols from the turks and the u.s. and the syrian s.d.f. . the syrian kurds now saying never banned in those positions to be attacked by the turks so a lot of frustration and deep disappointment from the syrian kurds who feel they've been let down by the americans the feeling is that the administration has given the green light for turkey to go ahead with this assault russia for the moment says it's not going to get involved it says this is not why we are in syria but it has also said that it doesn't believe that what the americans are doing is is helpful to the situation in syria so that it will come back to it in a short while and this is obviously a developing situation for our viewers it's just gone 1400 hours g.m.t. here in al-jazeera english you're watching live coverage of certainly pictures coming out of turkish television where a military operation

the s.t.'s will take this window of opportunity provided 120 hours to move out of the way of the advancing turkish army once the s.t.'s leave the area the turkish army may decide that their military objectives have been made and the government may in fact withdraw the turkish army back to the turkish rentier in which case the syrian government would start to reassert its sovereignty over that part of syria so i could began its operation only this month off to the us withdrew its forces from the area managed to get access to one of the bases of by and by washington these are some pictures from there we spoke to an advisor to president bashar al assad who told us the incursion is an act of aggression against syria itself. and i think he did not then encourage and it isn't a good question it is a good action i gave it to the. city and then to the end people and what they speak about this safe zone just imagine if any country would like to have this if go on inside another country there and out int

is what happens when these troops reach the center of the city we understand that there are few 100 s.t.'s fighters holed up in memphis there is also the u.s. military so the u.s. military's presence in and around memphis on the outskirts of members syrian army troops there trying to make their way to members but the presence of the u.s. military prevents them from doing that so you have all these forces at play it is still unclear how this battle is going to play out there could either be confrontation or there could either be an agreement or there could either be a surrender so this is what's happening on that front line at the time and speaking of agreement then are we learning anymore whether it's from the political aspects or the military aspects about the agreement that was reached by the s.d.f. and the syrian government. well that's an agreement has allowed the syrian government to return to northeast syria for the 1st time in 2013 they were invited back they didn't have to fight their way back the s.c.f. was under a lot of pressure it was coming under attack by the turkish army

leader abu bakar elba dudie died a senior advisor to the kurdish let syrian democratic forces said the s.t.'s was pivotal in efforts to track down by daddy in a series of tweets the senior adviser said all intelligence and access to al baghdadi as well as the identification of his place were the result of the s.t.'s own work our source was involved in sending coordinates directing the airdrop participating and making the operation a success all right let's get you more on this want to cross over to istanbul now to our correspondent giuliana who is reporting on this story from there julia what more can you tell us about these revelations that the kurds played a key role in tracking down al by diety. now this is all according to the kurdish led as d f a northeast syria it hasn't been independently verified but they now claim that they had an undercover agent an assett who managed to get access to the compound where the jihad is legal but he was hiding there and it live province in syria and this person brought. under way to conduct a d.n.a. task ahead of the u.s. raid to confirm that the per

tell us that the army came a couple of weeks ago to set that position up meanwhile across the border s.t.'s forces are saying any military operation by turkey could risk the global fight against leisel there are thousands of eisel fighters in s.t.'s jails the us president donald trump says turkey must bear complete responsibility for any eisel fight is that a scape during a military operation turkey has so far no clear plan about how to deal with thousands of children i still find says on the syrian side of the border towns like to lobby out people who have already suffered years of war are afraid and says. it more people will be displaced there should be go if you ask anyone leaving but eventually we will be displaced. the prospect of more suffering for the people of northern syria is very real the turkish army says preparations for a potential military operation are complete. on the turkish syrian border or european countries are expressing concerns over the planned turkish offensive. we have heard rumors of interventions and it's brings concerns to hers it could have significant human

tell us that the army came a couple of weeks ago to set that position up meanwhile across the border s.t.'s forces are saying any military operation by turkey could risk the global fight against eisel there are thousands of eisel fighters in s.t.'s jails the us president donald trump says turkey must bear complete responsibility for any eisel fight is that a scape during a military operation turkey has so far no clear plan about how to deal with thousands of jailed eisel fighters on the syrian side of the border towns like to lobby out people who have already suffered years of war are afraid and says. more people will be displaced. if you ask anyone not leaving but eventually we will be displaced. the prospect of more suffering for the people of northern syria is a very real turkish army says preparations for a potential military operation complete. stop at al-jazeera on the turkish syrian border well let's get more on this story from a white house correspondent kimberly how it is never changing story by the minute and the president has been on twitter again what's he saying kimberly. ye

operation by turkey could risk the global fight against leisel there are cells of eisel fighters in s.t.'s jails the us president donald trump says turkey must bear complete responsibility for any eisel fight is that a scape during a military operation turkey has so far offered no clear plan about how to deal with thousands of children are still fighters on the syrian side of the border towns like to lobby out people who have already suffered years of war are afraid and says . it more in ops people will be wanting to blend displaced there should be go if you ask anyone saying we're not leaving but eventually we will be displaced. the prospect of more suffering for the people of northern syria is very real the turkish army says preparations for a potential military operation are complete. al-jazeera on the turkish syrian border well as the situation develops the u.n. secretary general has called on all parties to exercise maximum restraint there i spoke to some u.n. ambassadors about the risk of a turkish offensive in syria. we have heard rumors of turkish interventions and it's brings c

say you get that according to their own sources and information still s.t.'s fighters who have not fully withdrawn from the northeastern part of a country because we had indications though he's talking about could by any members and also. those areas were widely seen as strongholds for the fighters of the have resisted calls in the past to pull out from this area say that the fundamental parts of their own. homeland and the think once you get an agreement between the russians and the turkish government that those areas are no safer that there's no as the fight is that's the moment where the joint patrols would start. so russia says that the kurdish withdrawal has been completed when did those fighters go. now those in so to give you an idea about what's happening in the northern parts of syria on the border with with with turkey there's an area which is now under the control of the turkish army and the syrian national army which is the rebel group backed by turkey would start stretches from some of your thought to the light the other area to the west is why y

that's right yeah we had a statement put out on twitter yesterday from the s.t.'s leadership saying that they were looking at options potentially even to some sort of partnership or cooperation with the syrian regime and the russians there seem to be some statements that are coming out from the russian foreign minister that suggests that that may well be happening. militarily though it's fairly safe to say that they would be completely outgunned by the turkish military they wouldn't even have the support of coalition airstrikes as they had in the very successful defeat of eisel in this area we understand that they've been given training over the years by the u.s. military and we understand some european governments as well and they've been given . fairly sophisticated weapons kits such as anti-tank missiles and systems but nothing you can imagine that would be able to defend themselves against the kind of potential military force that the turks are threatening them with for the moment charles we'll leave it there of course continue to follow events with you throug

now the kaddish let s.t.'s forces say something very different they say no that's not true they have not taken that town we are still in control of it now there seem to be still clashes because we can hear shelling and we can hear gunfire so there's very conflicting information out there about what exactly is going on on the ground. turkey has reacted with defiance to criticism from of its offensive in syria from other nato members in an exclusive interview with the turkish foreign minister. said ankara would not be deterred. this is a vital matter for us of human it's a question of national security of survival whatever they do whether it's an arms embargo or something else it's only strengthens us 15 years ago we produced only 20 percent of the goods we needed now it's over 70 percent with all of this only strengthens us. if i only took notice of whether someone wanted to impose an arms embargo or what someone else was saying and then did not destroy an imminent threat and i would face even bigger problems i

kurdish led forces control parts of northern syria right up to the border with turkey the s.t.'s fought alongside u.s. troops against islamic state to harvest. fleeing for the 2nd time around half a 1000000 people near the border are at risk warns the un refugee agency but many are already far from home having come here to escape the fighting in other areas of syria. turkey wants to push out the kurdish fighters and create a buffer zone that it controls on the syrian side of the border in a fiery speech turkish president at one slammed critics of the plan. a european union. pull yourself together. i say it again if you try to label this operation an invasion. it's very simple we will open the gates and send 3600000 refugees your way richard with all to no move to the regulated i. this time in turkey and a possible retaliation turkish state and news agencies say the rockets that hit these towns people came from kurdish held areas on the syrian side of the border but it's not just civilian injuries and deaths that are the concern here. kaddish forces from the prisons holding islam

this operation puts our s.t.'s partners in harm's way it risks the security of isis prison camps and will further destabilize the region. c.c.t.v. footage of a camp holding tens of thousands of family members of i.a.s. militants shows an apparent escape attempt the campus controlled by kurdish forces they said the situation there is critical. turkey is defiant demanding loyalty from its nato allies. it's our most natural and legal expectation that our allies show solidarity as per the principle of the indivisibility of euro atlantic security it is not enough to say we understand turkey's concerns we want to see the solidarity very clearly it should go to make its use now civilians who once fled the so-called islamic state are again desperately seeking safety as yet another humanitarian crisis looms in syria. correspondent julie haunch she is on the border with syria she sent us this account of the situation on the ground well i'm about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border which is towards this direction everyb

this operation puts our s.t.'s partners in harm's way it risks the security of isis prison camps and will further destabilize the region i don't see see t.v. footage of a large campaigning tens of thousands of family members of militants shows an apparent escape attempt the camp is controlled by kurdish forces they say the situation there is critical turkish president rich of type 2 on has lashed out at criticism of the invasion have no doubt said we won't stop no matter what anyone says. because all 1 those threats are coming from the left and the right for us to stop this. i've told mr trump and others if you're going to stop this stop it but you haven't so i will take matters into our own hands. now civilians who once fled the so-called islamic state are again desperately seeking safety as yet another humanitarian crisis looms in syria. and turkey correspondent yulia hanna is in on the border with syria she sent us this account of the situation there well i'm about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border which

turkey says this military campaign is targeting the s.t.'s main kurdish fighting force which it says is aligned with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party or p k k which has been fighting the turkish government for decades. turkey says it wants to set up a safe haven for refugees to return to and northern syria but the u.n. says around half a 1000000 people could be forced from their homes if the violence doesn't stop. u.s. defense secretary marcus spur says a deal with the s.d.f. in damascus meant having u.s. forces start between the syrian turkish army's was on tenable the syrian army has moved north to potentially confront turkish forces at various points close to the border the s.d.f. hope that by teaming up with the syrian military they can force turkish forces to retreat where this stage that seems highly unlikely despite the threat of potential sanctions from some european countries and the u.s. president or the one says he has a plan for northern syria and no amount of threats are going to stop him from achieving his goal chance stra

troops as the opportunity to i suppose crush s.t.'s fight as you are in this pos of syria previously somewhat protected by the american presence that what are your thoughts on turkey's objectives. well there is a observers from washington. you know the what you refer to as a sense of inevitability projected to a call that the president are going to put to president trump here in washington on sunday where president trump a sense essentially gave the green light for the for their operation and and within 3 days the operation was launched now there are 2 parts to this operation and go on this morning i can from both of them one is to actually clear the the why p.g. from the border area and to set up what he calls a safe zone and 2nd need to. send back as your reporter said some of the refugees you know up to 2000000 and maybe even more. to northern syria that part of that more this area from the euphrates to the iraqi border but of course that the amount of refugees who would be sent depends directly on the breath and depth of the well

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jones in istanbul for us thank you very much an idea we have from kino gabrielle spokesman for the s.t. f. the kurdish forces in syria and he gave us this assessment of the situation that. we know that the turkey is. on the life for us and it is bartels nato but we have reached agreement maybe it was directed by the united states. or corporation with us we were to be a miracle cures by is the decision that was keener gabrial spokesman for the s d f the kurdish forces in syria while for the us perspective on joined by d.w. correspondent on of the senate in washington now all of that mix messaging from president trump has pulled the troops out leaving the codes essentially sitting ducks exposed and now he's called the turkish military offensive quote a bad idea what is his strategy here. well it really seems helen there is no strategy president trump is under a lot of fire from his party friends and that is a stark change to what we experience here in reasoned days and weeks some of his closest allies essentially turning their back on the president and among them is senate majority leade

at the one created this mess and he needs to fix it congress is intent on standing by the cards and s.t.'s forces who helped us destroy isis against turkish aggression it was a bad couple of hours for the turkish government the sanctions vote coming after the house voted to recognize the mass killing of armenians by autumn and turks during the 1st world war as genocide we can say that the ottoman empire committed this grotesque crime against the armenians. but their campaign of extermination failed and above all we will never forget it will never again be silenced tuckey denies there was a campaign to kill or means and has rejected the idea there was an orchestrated operation where tells us is that the relationship is very young trouble. jerusha position in washington was fractured before it ever since the fateful decision present trouble at present on a 6 which clears the way for the duration mission in syria there has been great opposition officially the vote in the house of representatives is not legally binding it's not going to be raised in the senate anytime soon so they'll be not

turkey says this military campaign is targeting the s.t.'s main kurdish fighting force which it says is aligned with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party or p k k which has been fighting the turkish government for decades. turkey says it wants to set up a safe haven for refugees to return to a northern syria but the u.n. says around half a 1000000 people could be forced from their homes if the violence doesn't stop. u.s. defense secretary marcus per says a deal with the s.d.f. and damascus meant having u.s. forces start between the syrian inter. armies was tenable the syrian army has moved north to potentially could front turkish forces at various points close to the border the s.d.f. hope that by teaming up with the syrian military they can force turkish forces to retreat where this stage that seems highly unlikely despite the threats to potential sanctions from some european countries and the u.s. president or the one says he has a plan for northern syria and no amount of threats are going to stop him from achieving his goal chance straff

s.t. kurdish forces in syria and he gave this excess mint of the situation there. we know that the turkey is. another life for us and it is bibles nato but we have reached agreement maybe it was directed by the united states and turkey a. question with us 'd we were we were confused by this is a good decision. that was keener gabrial spokesman for the s d f the kurdish forces in syria let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world and in mexico a video has emerged showing the mare of the town last night very test being dragged behind a truck through the streets angry pharmacist sees jorge luis a scandal and tight him to the back of a pickup truck they accuse him of not fulfilling a campaign promises. brazilian officials say that it's likely the oil spill that's washed up on the country's beaches recently originated in venezuela they believe the spill was caused by a foreign ship navigating near brazil's coast and as well a north or he's have not commented on the accusations. to his heels or he's have released opposition presidential

oh yes research tweets from the s.t.'s asking people. kurdish people to to resist we've also though been speaking to people across the border in the town of tel they are but tel aviv which is behind me in a state of control people in that town saying yes yes of told them to go back to their homes.

syrian democratic forces who turned to differ when former the united states decided not to support the s.t.'s in the face of a turkish led military operation and instead decided to end its military presence in syria the syrian army's entry to members however may not mean the battle is over . we were about to implement our decision on monday as you know our mutual agreement with the us regarding the city was that terrorist organizations were going to evacuate mondays within 90 days but a year has passed and members has not been evacuated when it is evacuated so we as turkey will not be going there the rightful owners are brother and of the ones who will be going. it's another turning point in syria's war a sudden change in alliances has allowed the government to restore a sortie in the north east for the 1st time since 2013 there are some who are welcoming the new reality. out of the congratulations congratulations on the victory against the aggression. there are little details about the russian brokered deal which the s.d.f. says would help counter what it called the turkish aggression. tu

rising fears for the hundreds of thousands of civilians living close to the border many of whom fled to s.t.'s controlled territory to safety in a country that has already suffered years of war that al-jazeera on the turkish syrian border all right let's take a closer look then at the area of syria's northeast where this is all taking place turkish forces and launching attacks in the town of ras. they have also gathered near the turkish border town of. it's so cross into the town of 10 which u.s. troops recently left that town there is territory held by the s.c.f. kurdish led forces. well the wrongs president hassan rouhani he's called for restraint and dialogue between turkey and the kurds. the americans must leave the area the kurds whose country syria should support the syrian army and the syrian government the current trying to do deals behind closed doors not to the benefits of the region we urge our neighbor friend and brotherly nation turkey and the government of turkey to show due care and attention and patience in this issue. and the russian president vladimir putin he says he need

offensive moves against the kurds in serious northeast border region the official twitter account of the s.t.'s forces have tweeted on behalf of their commander in chief general muslim who says president trump promised to maintain partnership with estee if and long term support at various speeds within just a few moments of sama binge of aid will join us live from sun the earth on the turkish syrian border we go to turkey 1st though to the white house today kimberly how good to talk us through what president trump had to say and kimberly president trump taking a lot of credit for what's played out between turkey and and syria along that border but his position on this is being heavily criticized throughout hasn't it. it's been heavily criticized as a result this is a you have to remember u.s. president already campaigning for reelection in 2020 targeting a domestic audience portraying him packaging this is a master marketer as a success even though it is important to point out that initially the president had announced a withdrawal of u.s. troops what this really is is a repositioning of ame

enery bombardment aleck campaign seems to be moving even further west with artillery hitting positions s.t.'s positions around qubani in the town of qana miche commish lee of course the humanitarian situation a massive concern the united nations. as you mentioned they think around 100000 people have already fled aid agencies saying that. they're concerned especially because trying to get aid into some of these areas is difficult enough anyway because of. a poor security situation in northern syria and so of course as these civilian populations are forced to flee further south it's going to make. the work of the u.n. and aid agencies even more difficult. thank you for that update charles stratford now the united arab emirates is reported to be trying to silence this network the bloomberg news network says the u.a.e. is running a lobbying campaign in washington using a law firm to try to influence people working for members of congress the report says they've used twitter accounts hiding the u.a.e. filiation zz in an attempt to discredit al-jazeera and cutter because the u.a.e. and saudi ara

the ceasefire announced by the us is supposed to allow kurdish led s.t.'s fighters to leave areas controlled by turkish forces turkey sees this as a victory in its campaign to control a strip of border territory hundreds of kilometers long and more than 30 kilometers deep it wants to establish what it calls a safe zone where 2000000 syrian refugees living in turkey can be resettled or kurdish commander says the s.d.f. will accept the ceasefire but only between it also lying on the town of where most of the fighting has been going on is it going to be as they've given a delegation proposed to us a 5 day deadline we have valuated it and reached an agreement according to your dream and the united states will make sure that the kurdish rebels will leave outside of the safe zone within 120 hours which is 5 days we have passed our operations for 120 hours the rebel groups will have to destroy arms leave defensive positions and go outside of the 30 kilometer zone within this timeframe after these terms are met the turkish operation will end. speaking at the e.u.

operation by turkey could risk the global fight against leisel there are thousands of eisel fighters in s.t.'s jails the us president donald trump says turkey must bear complete responsibility for any eisel fight is that a scape during a military operation turkey has so far no clear plan about how to deal with thousands of children are still fighters on the syrian side of the border towns like to lobby out people who have already suffered years of war are afraid and says . it more in ops people will be wanting to blend displays there should be going if you ask anyone saying we are not leaving but eventually we will be displaced. the prospect of more suffering for the people of northern syria is very real the turkish army says preparations for a potential military operation are complete. al-jazeera on the turkish syrian border us democrats say they'll subpoena the ambassador to the european union after he was barred from giving testimony in the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump gordon's on land had voluntarily agreed to appear before 3 house committees but his attorney says he'

democratic forces who turned to damascus when former life the united states decided not to support the s.t's in the face of a turkish led military operation and instead decided to end its military presence in syria the syrian army's entry to members however may not mean the battle is over . we are about to implement our decision on monday as you know our mutual agreement with the us regarding the city was that terrorist organizations were going to evacuate members within 90 days but a year has passed and members has not been evacuated when it is evacuated we talk he will not be going there the rightful owners are brother and are the ones who will be going mad. it's another turning point in syria's war a sudden change in alliances has allowed the government to restore a sorority in the north east for the 1st time since 2013 there are some who are welcoming the new reality. of the congratulations congratulations on the victory against the aggression. there are little details about the russian brokered deal which the s.d.f. says would help counter what it called the turkish aggression turkey

at the end because of course as we heard the kurdish spokesperson for the s.t.'s a couple of days ago said that basically because trust nobody they had no options now but's to look towards what have been enemies. regime anyone as we heard from in his package there for some sort of assistance to avoid what they say could be genocide just away from the deal bring us up to date with what's happening on the ground where you are. but it was a very significant. victory declared by the turks in this area yesterday they saying that they are in full control of the town of tel aviv out which is a couple of kilometers away across the border. we understand it has been quite quad overnight significantly to the east. a major town major offensive that's been going on in recent days around the town of russell eyeing that declared victory and a couple days ago within understood within understand that they were forced to retreat in the s.d.f. mounted a kurdish forces mounted a counterattack we understand that area is still contest states but we also know that. the syrian rebels pa

of civilians was hits by shells as they tried to leave i think something like 9 people in the s.t.'s coaching saying killed of course the refugee crisis is still largest refugee crisis in the world in syria has been for a number of years now. let's east or it can be described as i think fair to say a war is only going to add to the kind of terrible pressure is the world's aid agencies the united nations are facing. and of course the horrific phase of amongst the i think is around 450000 people that live. 5 kilometers from the turkish border inside syria so it's a very it's a highly dense to dense population there across the border anyway 90000 of those people according to these of rooty been internally displaced in the country since the revolution in syria began so i think crew simly worrying situation across the border is very important to remember that it is a vulnerable area isn't it thank you very much charles stratford. u.s. congressional democrats have issued subpoenas for 2 business men charged with campaign financing violations equating left parnassum better russian igor fre

tell us that the army came a couple of weeks ago to set that position up meanwhile across the border s.t.'s forces are saying any military operation by turkey could risk the global fight against leisel there are thousands of eisel fighters in s.t.'s jails the us president donald trump says turkey must bear complete responsibility for any eisel fight is that a scape during a military operation turkey has so far offered no clear plan about how to deal with thousands of child are still fighters on the syrian side of the border in towns like to lobby out people who have already suffered years of war are afraid and says . it more in ops people will be displaced. if you ask anyone leaving but eventually we will be displaced. the prospect of more suffering for the people of northern syria is very real the turkish army says preparations for a potential military operation complete. 0 on the turkish syrian border. president trump has invited his to his counterpart regift to the white house next month can be health that has more. what we do know is there's been a real shift in tone with regard to t

while turkish forces have cut off a main highway known as the m 4 a vital supply line that runs through s.t.'s held territory from the iraqi border to the s.d.f. stronghold of. any or 2 big areas to watch the s.d.f. agreements allow syrian forces to enter both towns while the u.s. troops there while the u.s. still has troops in mendez both syrian and turkish forces are massing around it the syrian army has already taken control of from kurdish fighters and they've moved into which is also on the m 4 highway and syrian troops who are already present in some s.d.f. controlled areas under previous agreements in the house like a province and. we have 2 correspondents covering the story natasha butler standing by for us in the french capital with more on that e.u. meeting 1st we'll cross over to charles stratford he is joining us from the turkish syrian border if we just take a step back charles for a moment just tell us what more you're learning about the military agreements that have been made between the syrian government and the s.d.f. and what impact that's having on the ground. well what w

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 are now a lot of traceable so traces that we could see there has been some reaction certainly from the s.d.f. in the last couple of hours as well most notably one from the chief spokesperson

the s.t.'s will take this window of opportunity provided 120 hours to move out of the way of the advancing turkish army once the s.p.s. leave the area the turkish army may decide that their military objectives have been made and the government may in fact withdraw the turkish army back to the turkish rentier in which case the syrian government would start to reassert its sovereignty over that part of syria turkey began its operation only this month after the u.s. withdrew its forces from the region and managed to get access to one of the bases by and by washington these are some of the pictures from that we also spoke to an advisor to president bashar al assad who told us think question is an act of aggression against syria itself and i think it is not done karajan it isn't a good action it is horrible and that action against. city and. city and people and what they speak about the safe zone just imagine if any country would like to have this if go on inside another country there and out intern

turkey's long anticipated operation against kurdish forces is a way of the turkish air force targeting s.t.'s positions also ahead. tear gas petrol beatings hong kong's pro-democracy protests.

soon to receive resettle millions of syrian arab refugees the turkey is hosting back into syria the s.t.'s fears that what turkey is trying to do is to change the demographic the population ethnic balance in the region in turkey's favor. the attack itself should be followed by a loud operation on the ground operation because we've seen turkey pulling tanks troops various armored vehicles for weeks now towards the syrian border and this is a huge front this is almost 500 kilometers the turkish border with the s.d.f. northern syria now the interest in the peculiar thing that has happened is that turkey has reached out to iran rather than syria saying that they respect serious. that this operation is a must do thing and the turkey will try to do things as quickly and is safely as possible with. little violence possible peculiar because why wouldn't you reach out to sample another country that iran is a strange choice they've also been rumors that the s.d.f. has tried to reopen dialogue talks with the massacres with president assad the logic presumably being that if the syrian army moved in

turkey's decision to launch a unilateral military incursion into northern syria this operation puts our s.t.'s partners in harms way it risks the security of isis prison camps and will further destabilize the region from the president on down we have communicated with the turks on this issue i spoke with turkish defense minister a car yesterday to express our strong opposition to turkey's actions and reiterated the damage this is doing to our bilateral relationship the chairman has some only been in communication with his counterpart as we previous reported when turkey notified us of an imminent military operation we relocated a small contingent of us and 50 special operations soldiers out of the immediate zone of attack this decision was made to ensure american troops were not caught up in the fighting between turkish and kurdish forces the safety of our men and women in uniform remains our top priority as such we are repositioning additional forces in the region to assist with force protection as necessary the s.d.f. also transfer to isis militants known as the beatles who are involved 'd