extradite him check authorities detained salim muslim over the weekend at request salim muslim denies turkey's claim that he was involved in attacks carried out on its territory. the saudi arabia's king said a man has five sought the country's top military officers in a major shake up they include the military chief of staff general a bill to have. and other defense officials know full well reasons have been given for the move. they've been reports of fresh violence including airstrikes in the rebel stronghold of eastern huta and this despite a daily five hour truce of drug declared a short while ago in syria the u.n. says a renewed fighting needs delivering aid impossible to russia's military is claiming that shelling from rebel groups means civilians have been unable to leave eastern huta rebel factions there have denied bombing the evacuation route or preventing civilians from leaving more than five hundred civilians have been reported killed since the syrian government and its russian allies stepped up their friends if one isn't huta last week. martin is the regional humanitarian

behind the scenes i think that there was they was little hope that there would be a chance of salim muslim being extradited to turkey there was talk of some possible deal being raised we check before it is to check nationals that are being held in the turkey's jail after being convicted of being linked to this syrian kurdish militia the y.p. which he considers a terrorist organization that they could be exchanged for selling muslim being sent back to. i think there was little expectation even thought would succeed and i think the turkish prime minister also gave an insight into how uncle was thinking he said whatever the result is he said that the fact that saddam was a man has been detained he said that is an indication that he's what any terror leader is no longer free to travel for europe with impunity and so i think in many ways are considering this is a victory for the fact that some of them was actually brought to court and detained in the first place although we also have to point out that he is a good for you know i we don't know was whereabouts but we also know that he is a free m

strong evidence from their point of view that links this militia to that attack and therefore link salim muslim cell now has to be said the fact that the czech court dismisses case and the fact of the muslim has been traveling for europe meets with high level european union officials and of also u.s. officials and it has to be pointed out a few years ago he was coming to istanbul and ankara to have talked of turkish officials in the early days of the syrian civil war and turkey in some point and he cooperated with turkish authorities in helping the turkey of move a very important monument inside syria to a kurdish region on the safer control so one time sadly muslim with a man the uncle was doing business with and i think this is an indication of how bad relations have collapse of turkey's relations with kurds both in turkey and in the region as a whole i mean it's important that you bring that up during b b because if mr muslim if you stay in europe what does. i mean been for relatives or for political friends in northern syria criticize region we know that turkish forces are there now do you

refusing turkey's request to extradite him trick authorities detained salim muslim over the weekend at a request salim muslim denies turkey's claim that he was involved in attacks carried out on its territory. saudi arabia's king said mom has fired some of the country's top military officers in a major shake up big clue the military chief of staff general of the. un and other defense officials no former reason has been given for the move. the frontrunner in colombia's upcoming presidential elections gustavo petro has alleged voting is that risk of massive fraud he claims a decision not to digitalize results from the country's polling stations makes fraud more likely colombians will vote in a presidential primary on march the eleventh. they've been reports of fresh bad incident looting and strikes in the rebel stronghold of ghouta in syria and this despite a daily five day a truce that russia declared a short while ago the u.n. says a renewed fighting makes delivering aid impossible to russia's military is claiming that shelling from rebel groups means civilians have been unable to l

known as the p y d has been arrested in prague at the behest of turkey augur has been seeking salim muslim after a turkish court charged him with sedition turkey launched a military offensive last month in serious afferent region against his party's armed affiliate which is perceived as a terrorist cell a muslim spoke to earlier this week host sara kelly asked him if his party had links to the p.k. k. a kurdish movement outlawed by turkey. i let's just ask you turkey says that the why p.g. and that the people id that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true but i mean we're where you yourself though once with the p k k no i wasn't really them. and so there will be. was and i didn't even know why is it that the most influential why is it then. that was still a muslim the former leader of the main syrian kurdish political party the p y g speaking with sarah kelly last monday so a muslim was arrested

syrian politician who was taken into custody in prague over the weekend on a turkish arrest warrant salim muslim was once head of syria's main kurdish political party the p y d uncorrect considers that party to be an offshoot of a kurdish separatist group into and the turkish court has charged muslim with sedition this man is on turkey's most wanted list and president heir to want is willing to pay up to get him a million dollar reward was offered for sale a muslim's capture and he was arrested in prague at the request of turkish interpol whose name is the former leader of the p y d and ankara says this party is the syrian offshoot of the p.k. k. which has waged an insurgency on turkish soil for decades turkey has banned the kurdish group as a terrorist organization or to one is now hoping for muslims extradition. they broke up the religious community they told this nation apart. that's why we are fighting these terrorists otherwise we do not have a problem with our kurdish brothers. our problem is with terrorists. muslim was wanted in connection with a two thousand and sixteen car bombing in an

was arrested in prague over the weekend on a turkish arrest warrant a government spokesman says salim muslim is expected to appear in a check court today it was once head of syria's main kurdish political party the p y d ankara considers the party an offshoot of the band p k k which turkey has designated a terrorist group accusing it of orchestrating attacks inside turkey last week muslims here d.w. and spoke with my colleague sara kelly about whether his party had any links to the p.k. k. is outlawed kurdish movement. well let's just ask you turkey says that the y.p. cheney and that the people that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true. you yourself though once with the p.k. no i was with him. and you know they were in so doing libya was in the end and you know why is it that then that nothing to do with why is it then and you can watch that entire interview at our website view dot com well earl

now live to our correspondent a lot of there from building burg he's in the syrian town of bani salim muslim's hometown of lot of mir what have been the reactions in kabbani where you are to his arrest in prague while most of the reactions are there at this sort of idea of unbelief they are like us in the like how is it that you're going to allow those that they can to arrest the kurdish leader although salim was them very vocal role in reading more support for the fight against isis and obama for instance so that the people here kurds there are bit upset also because turkey is now attacking a free and i don't see much. of a nation from the west ok well what type of reputation does he have there is he believed to have links as turkey is claiming to kurdish fighters inside syria. well i mean turkey itself was them himself went to turkey to negotiate about the norden syria so they also invited him if they were thinking he was a fighter it wouldn't have invited him or he needs a politician and he's an engineer and he's been a sort of the face of the syrian kurds for the last three years until he

the czech republic of backing terrorism after a court ruling to release a syrian kurdish leader salim muslim was a former head of the democratic union party which turkey regards a terrorist group was detained in prague on saturday after turkey issued an arrest warrant whose name was wanted in connection to a twenty six thousand bombing in ankara which thirty seven people were killed he denies allegations of disrupting the state and aggravated murder voters in thailand will have to wait longer to elect a new government after the perspire went up the proposed general election in november the prime minister now says it will happen no later than february next year it's four years since the military coup and pressure is mounting for a return to civilian rule but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream state of thanks for watching. this is really an attack on itself is a lot of misunderstanding of what free speech is supposed to be about the context it hugely important setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. medium are wel

governments after a court in the czech republic refused to extradite a prominent syrian kurdish leader salim muslim walked free today from a hearing in the czech capital prague after the court found no reason to hold him the former head of the kurdish was arrested on sunday on an interpol notice from turkey mr muslim is wanted in turkey on terrorism charges related to a twenty sixteen car bombing in on corrupt. the decision has drawn the ire from longer of turkey's foreign minister slammed the decision to free mr muslim calling it a scandal turkey's deputy prime minister has accused the czech republic the czech court of supporting terrorists. this ruling is against international law and it is against the european convention on extradition. clearly this ruling shows support for terrorist organizations. and this ruling will have negative effects on relations between turkey and the czech republic. well for more reaction from turkey we're joined now by our correspondent dorian jones who's on the story for us tonight from istanbul good evening to you dorian so i have to ask you did turkey and we know th

the czech republic of backing terrorism after a court ruling to release a syrian kurdish leader salim muslim was a former head of the democratic union party which turkey regards a terrorist group was detained in prague on saturday after turkey issued an arrest warrant whose name was wanted in connection to a twenty six thousand bombing in ankara which thirty seven people were killed he denies allegations of disrupting the state and aggravated murder. voters in thailand will have to wait longer to elect a new government after the perspire went up the proposed general election in november the prime minister now says it will happen no later than february next year it's four years since the military coup and pressures mounting for a return to civilian rule but those were the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream state of thanks for watching. this is really an attack on the movie itself is a lot of misunderstanding of what free speech is supposed to be about the context of hugely important setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. why you n

the release of syrian kurdish leader muslim refusing turkey's request for his extradition check with orses detained him over the weekend that anchor his request salim was then denies to his play that he was involved in attacks carried out on its territory. prosecutors in south korea are demanding a thirty year jail term for former president park geun pay and a landmark corruption case as park was impeached for corruption last march and he's facing more than a dozen criminal charges he's been held in custody for almost a year. greece's economy and development minister has resigned demetrius papa to me true house stepped down just a day after his wife left the government this followed a public outcry when it was revealed that the wealthy couple have been claiming a substantial government rent subsidy while greeks while greeks continue to suffer under strict austerity measures. the frontrunner in colombia's upcoming presidential elections gustavo petro has of alleged voting is at risk of massive fraud be claims a decision not to digitize the results from the country's polling stations makes fraud more likely colombians will vote in the presidential pr

check court has ordered the release of syrian kurdish leader salim muslim refusing turkey's request to extradite him check with already detained salah muslim over the weekend at encourage request salah muslim denies turkey's claim that he was involved in attacks carried out on its territory. freezing weather continues to grip much of central and eastern europe. temperatures have plunged to minus twenty degrees celsius in some places leading to several deaths the cold spell is expected to last until the end of the week. german cities can now ban these old cars for downtown areas that's the latest court ruling that should help cities bring down excessive levels of pollution but the decision could have huge consequences for germany's auto industry we'll tell you why the pulse on the program john f. kennedy and feed them castro shared a passion for them we'll take a look at the iconic industry of cuban cigars and how it's dealing with new u.s. sanctions. it's time for business on the w. i'm going to get us welcome to the show a court in the german city of leipzig has allowed german cities