stephanie decker is following. steph, what's the latest for the fight in tripoli? >> battle going on, a neighborhood in tripoli, further north in a neighborhood, this is where the army has surrounded the home of a sheik, where some of his men are believed to be hiding. earmt helicopters -- army helic, clashes before between those who support the revolution and those who support the president. we have heard a statement from one of the saliphi sheiks, calling for jihad across lebanon. this all kicked off thursday dawn when the army raided an apartment, belonging to a man who was recruiting for i.s.i.l. also, the al qaeda associated nusra front, soldiers and people captive alone. given the lebanese government just an hour from now to stop the siege or they say they'll kill one of the soldiers. >> and steph, why are we seeing this situation? police have asked people to call regarding suspicious people in tripoli. >> when you look at tripoli, this is a city that isn't new, as i said earlier, two neighborhoods opposite each other, one sunni neighborhood, one is muslim wh

stephanie decker reports. >> reporter: there is no protecting this camp in the heavy rain. this is northern syria along the border with turkey and there are countless other camps like this. >> translator: we are being humiliated. the men, our wen, our children, our tents are destroyed. nobody cares about us. we are flooded here. there is mud everywhere. nobody is helping us, even the arab and islamic countries. only god will take care of us. >> reporter: it is difficult for aid to reach them and winter is coming. syria's winters are cold with heavy rains and the season hasn't even really begun yet. >> translator: over 400 tents were destroyed by the flood and we ask the international community and the united nations, just to give us our basic human rights. as you see, the camp is totally flooded. >> reporter: as the international community focuses on fighting the islamic state of iraq and the levant, these people are enduring their fourth year of war, there is risk of disease with no proper drainage or sanitation. difficult to travel to syria so there are many places that t

stephanie decker reports. it is now in rebel hands. >> the air strikes are targeting the area, and they remain in control of the crossing. further north, the agency shows these pictures saying the government is making head way in the rebel held area. filmed from the other side. the government is advancing is not true. this is also a propaganda war, all sides uploading video of the battle gains. the reality is that it is a slow moving front line, with no end to this now almost four year war. we with have be under siege for years he says. this war is now defined by many different groups, not just fighting the president, but also each other. >> and negotiated end to this conflict seemingly impossible. stephanie decker al jazeera, beirut. >> the government says it won't accept any more syrian refugees. since the war began, 1.1 million syrians have registered in lebanon. and that makes up almost a quarter of lebanons population the government says it will still consider what it calls exceptional cases. a deadline t

they'll tell you-- >> all right, let's thank stephanie decker there. let's continue to talk about isil in iraq now where local authorities in anbar province are warning, the entire province could fall within days. one person is has been called, and 11 others have been injured in the fighting of fallujah. isil fighters are threatening to capture the regional capitol ramadi. despite efforts to retake t isil has expanded even further into anbar. the seizure of anbar is crucial because it would allow isil to create support through anbar. people in baghdad must be watching what is going on i in anbar quite nervously? >> undoubtedly. iraqi officials are the ones who are appealing for military assistance like those you mentioned. this is a western province that borders syria. very strategic location because this really gives isil the supply line between its two strongholds between syria and iraq. the province of the borders the iraqi capitol. if isil is trying to take control of anbar they'll make attacks against the iraqi capitol. interest are a lot of insta

we can talk to stephanie decker who is close to the border with syria.l us more about this air strike, which could possibly place that peace deal under great strain. >>> that's right. well, that peace deal is already under strain because of what is happening in kobani. these air strikes hour, we heard from the pkk, targeted two of their headquarters. it can be seen as a message by turkey. there has been language coming out of the pkk that says because of what was going on to the kurdish protesters last week, they were unhappy about how turkey was dealing with kobani, at least 31 killed there. and the situation in kobani itself which is angering many kurds. so the language out of him is the peace deal was over. the leader of the pkk was jailed here in turkey, and his language has been more one of calm. he is expected to give a statement tomorrow, so that will be significant. but many of the kurds we have been speaking to here who have been coming to offer solidarity, they will tell you if kobani falls, that that peace deal will absolutely be over. >> remi

now to stephanie decker who and on the turkish side of the border syria.have military carrying out attacks from the air. we heard from the p.k.k. they issues a statement this is in the south eastern area, that two of their bases were hit, they say they suffered no casualties. the military tells us this is because they are shelling military outposts in that area significant because it is very tense, wering what is happening. albeit between turkey and the pkk which has come under strain because of what is happening to help the group there, fight isil back. this is one of calm, so lit be significant what he has to say tomorrow. >> now many people will want to know about these different kurdish groups. >> to give you more detail on who the p.k.k. are are, they are a kurdish military organization that's been fighting and almost 30 year insecure generalsy, it wants more autonomy here in turkey, now in early 2013, a cease fire was reached and the p.k. tk. agreed to withdraw it's fighters to the reare john of northern iraq. >> and today's events that critical town

stephanie decker reports. >> this used to be the last government check point before you reach the main border crossing. it is now in rebel hans. >> the regime we are using this check point as 1st defenseline for the border crossing. and fought with heavy weapons we managed to take control. the rebels here are determined to take this crossing i would complete their control of the entire border between syria and jordan. the government air strikes are targeting the area, and they remain in control of the crossing. >> further north another battle. serious state and news agency show these pictures saying the government is making head way in the rebel held areas this is joe bad. >> and film from the other side, the reports that the government is advancing is not true. the reality is it is a slow moving front line with with no end to this almost four year war. the economic hub remains divided into two, and they are frustrating with local commanders. >> this man is telling the rebels to unite and do something to fight the regime, we with have been under siege for years he said. >> this war is

stephanie decker reports. >> ypg, the kurdish group fighting i.s.i.l. in kobani are laid to rest in turkey. >> these two people will be buried today were taken to hospital. here in turkey. where they were injured. nine have lost their lives. >> reporter: on saturday the nonstop sound of that standoff now tell us there's a fierce fight underway. there have been more coalition strikes here but this is a battle far from over. turkey's military has a strong presence here along kobani's border, you can see one of the tank formations here. but it is the source of anger, that the military hasn't done anything to get involved in the fight against i.s.i.l. the fight for kobani has become hugely symbolic for the kurds. >> we as kurdish people are for kobani. we want to prevent i.s. from taking ammunition from this site. >> the mourners have now gone. this is not where these fighters would want to be buried and citizens say one day they will be taken to kobani to be finally laid to rest at home. no one knows when that might be. stephanie decker, in the turkish bor

stephanie decker has more. >> reporter: the syrian regime has always controlled the air here but as the eyes of the world continue to focus on kobani there has been a significant increase on air strikes on rebel positions by syrian president bashar al-assad's air force. >> he has busy and he has priority to achieve military success and treat this as priority for him. first priority is damascus. second, latakea and the syrian coast then the road between damascus and that place. he is now taking advantage and this to intensify his military operations. >> the program reports that since monday there has been at least 450 air strikes against country. feels no one is paying attention now that the narrative is all about i.s.i.l. we spoke to an operative in the damascus country side. >> the regime only concentrates on i.s.i.l, we should mention an important point kobani a few hundred are besieged but in western homs there are 800,000 left without food or medicine. >> there has been reports that multiple brigades of the free syrian army would like to join to fight i.s.i.l. the battle is intensif

stephanie decker has more. >> reporter: the future of kobani remains uncertain. it has been another day of coalition air strikes, less so than we have seen over the last few days. we have just heard another boom in the background. we were a little closer to the town earlier on, and we heard intensive street battles. we're told from kurdish fighters inside the town isil has made some advances in the town. and we're talking about just street by street, because this is now being fought, really inside the city. of course the kurdish fighters have a small advantage in the sense that they know this town well, but they are being faced be incredibly heavy weaponry. we have the u.s. putting pressure on turkey, in the form of general allen against isil. he wants more from turkey. and we have the nato secretary general here, so a clear message that they want turkey to do more. >>> the white house is keeping a close eye on the deteriorating situation in kobani, but outside of ordering more air strikes, the administration is largely in monitoring mode. is the administration s

stephanie decker, al jazeera, on the turkey syria border. >>> as we have said before, the battle forobani is complicated. several different groups are fighting to defend the town and in the middle a major u.s. ally. jonathan betz has more on who is fighting and what they are fighting for. >> reporter: in the fight with isil, the boots on the ground are largely filled by kurds. kurds in syria, iraq, and turkey have been pushing to become their own nation for decades, now fighting to keep what territory they have. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the focus is on saving kobani, a largely kurdish town in syria right on the border with turkey that isil has nearly vourngded. defending it is the people's protection unit, or the ypg. it is struggling to hold back isil. inside turkey another player, the kurdistan worker's party. the pkk, it's a kurdish group that wants to help the kurds inside of syria. but turkey has been keeping it away, literally. stopping supporters who have tried to run across the border into syria. the problem is pkk has been trying to break away from turkey for decades. the

. >> stephanie decker is live for us now near the turkey, syria border. steph, conflicting claims about who is making ground and losing ground. any clearer on what the situation is now in kobani >> reporter: we were there just a couple of hours ago. we're about 10 kilometer north now, and there was an extremely active battle happening. we do know that isil holds two neighborhoods in the east and the south, but it's a very fluid situation. these are street by street battles, house to house, they change very quickly. and this is somewhat of a propaganda war. what is clear it's ongoing. it hasn't fallen, but they are the closest they have been since this conflict began, and the media has been reporting on kobani for the last three weeks ago, but this is a town that has been besieged for over a year. they tried before and failed. this time they are on the outskirts. the air strikes have helped somewhat, but it certainly hasn't stopped it. and it does seem to be a stalemate at the moment. >> a bit of a diplomatic game going on as well stephanie. what does the

stephanie decker is following thing situation. >> reporter: little further north, there is a home of the salifi sheik that the army has surrounded. lebanese army is using helicopters, significant, first time helicopters have been used in that area since the spillover of the syrian war began. just to put this in context. the latest fighting was kicked off when the army raided the home of a man they believe was involved in i.s.i.l, calling for attacks on the army, calling for the army to lift its siege on tripoli. we are also hearing from the al qaeda affiliated nusra front, they still hold those men in the no man's land between lebanon and syria and threatening to execute one of them if the army doesn't lift the siege in tripoli. >> coming up in the bulletin. we look at how africa's funding crisis is dealing with the threatening threat of ebola. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world

and stephanie decker is here on the turkish/syrian border. >> reporter: a couple hundred meters oi -waym the border from the town held by isil and hearing military activity and those sounds throughout the last couple of days since monday night when isil managed to get inside kobane on the eastern and southern sides and what we hear from kurdish fighters in the town is the front line has not really moved because this is such gorilla warfare and street to street they push forward and they are pushed back and we don't have a clear indication of how the front line is moving inside but we know they are inside of course and you can hear it outside of kobane with the smoke rising and hear the light arms and fire and on the diplomatic front from syria saying to open the borders with the kurds to go and help the fight because isil can resupply itself and has access when you talk about geography in syria and can bring in more men and weapons and perhaps the kurdish fighters cannot do because kobane is surrounded from the south, east and west for a very long time and the northern border is turkey.

capitol damascus and they launched air strikes in the area and let's go to our correspondent stephanie deckerng us from beirut and neighboring lebanon and stef what is the latest on the attack and now the government air strikes? >> that's right. we have been told by activists there is still fighting ongoing in the permanent perimeter of the city in the early morning hours and a small fighters belonging to al-qaeda nusra got in the city and heard from television confirming this and the city is secure and they are no longer inside and what is confirmed is the fighters from nusra took 5-6 kilometers south of the city, that is close to a government military base and some people will tell you if they manage to take that the chances of get ing this the city are higher but we need to put it in context, it will be difficult for the fighters to take the city and the government is strong there and at you said they have been carrying out air strikes on the hill that nusra and barrel bomb ings that happened in the last couple hours in rebel-held positions in the city. >> and expecting something of a majo

. >> reporter: all right, let's go live to the correspondent stephanie decker on the turkey/syria borderstef, almost walking distance to kobane and clearly it seems as though the international community is preparing to allow kobane to be left to its own devices and leaving the kurds on their own to defend this town, how is the fight for kobane looking today? >> well, i think the u.s. secretary of state was also trying to manage expectations in a way you can probably hear the sound of explosions behind us in kobane and it's an on going fight but because the world media is so focused on the town he is saying this is part of a bigger picture and there are air strikes going on and heard one ten minutes ago and there were two big bangs about two hours ago and the air strikes are continuing and hearing from sources inside the kurdish fighters those air strikes are helping and optimistic and yesterday there was a change in attitude, change in the message coming out of kobane when they said they were now on the attack rather than on the defense and optimistic they could perhaps push isil back bu

stephanie decker is following the clash. >> specifically in the area of tripoli, sunni neighborhood and also, a little further north in an area of bahnin there is a home of a salifi sheik that the lebanese army has surrounded. first time helicopters have been used in that area since the spillover of the syrian war began. just to put this into context, the latest round of fighting was kicked off thursday dawn when the army arrested him and the backlash to that, is that we had a statement from one of the sheiks in tripoli calling for jihad, calling for attacks on the army, and for the army to lift its siege on tripoli. and the al qaeda nusra front, they still hold those men in the no man's land between lebanon and syria and they are threatening to execute one of them if the siege is not lifted from tripoli. >>> trying to deal with the spread of ebola. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the worl

let's now bring in stephanie decker who is in tripoli for us. phanie you have been close to the fighting on the ground, what have you seen? well, it's still an intense standoff. we hear it sporadically and goes on a long time and heard artillery fire and military firing in the area and i want to tell you what the people here are saying, a lot of people say they have relatives inside and anger and saying give us a ceasefire so we can evacuate our children. the women because it's a densely populated area and this is the concern now and we also just now came back from a meeting with some sunnis of the area and some politicians and the feeling there, there was some anger against the army, basically saying the army shouldn't be taking sides and this translates into complications we are seeing here when it comes to lebanon sunnis believe they are taking the side of hezbollah which is a shia armed group fighting in syria on behalf of al-assad and seen fighting in the city before but it has changed somewhat now and now you don't have one side which is su

but first this report from stephanie decker on the latest from kobane. >> there is an intense battle going on we spoke to ypg source inside the city. those are the kurdish fighters who have confirmed that. they say this is perhaps the new front, they also told us that they managed to push isil back for a little bit in the eastern side of the town. this is a position that isil has been holding. i think to put it in perspective the nature of guerrilla warfare is to and from. no major gains have been made. i think if we talk about gaining territory another interesting development, we spoke to a fight who are came out to the town just yesterday. he told us he's injured and he remains positive. once he made the recovery he would be heading back. he said that isil was not able to use it's heavy machinery like tanks inside the city. they havcity. they remain upbeat on the ability to push isil back, it is still a very active fight and has not been resolved. that's a lot of ange leaving a lot of kurds on the other side of the border feeling helpless. they have not been able to help push back

stephanie decker, al jazeera, beirut. >>> biggest corruption crack down in spanish history. 400 bank accounts have been frozen and 260 companies investigated. and those arrested are accused of illegally handing out $300 million worth of business contracts. earlier i spoke to miguel antamarado, a journalist, and he says this case is going to complicate politics in spain. >> they were diverting public money for their own pockets using contrast -- using their capacity as officials they would divert this money to grand contracts to businessmen, who were part of this scheme. apart from that there are also instances of fraud, much money-laundering. so a number of different counts which police are now investigating. the timing of this operation not just the scale, the fact that it comes at a moment of turmoil in spanish politics, there is the conflict surrounding the pro-independence movement in catalonia but also we are approaching an electoral year that is considered to be very important because the traditional, the bigger parties are now very much in disrepute. precisely because of these

live now to our correspondent who is monitoring the situation there at the border is stephanie deckeru are on the turkish side of the border, stephanie. what can you tell us about the situation now with regard to kobani? >> reporter: well, i think the main thing that happened in kobani today was an intensity in air strikes that we saw. there have been air strikes over the last week, but they had at least 12 we have been told. we're hearing from the kurdish fighters that they made some headway pushing isil 3 kilometers further away to the west. but there are battles to the east, south, and an assault that isil is carrying out on the border gate. so this seems to be a key target, the gate with turkey, if they controlled that it would prevent kurdish fighters from being treated in hospitals. it hasn't happened yet, but there was intensive shelling in that area. but on the ground no real movement inside the town from either side. >> and let's talk a little bit now about turkish action against the pkk, the kurdistan worker's party. that has been confirmed and does signify the end of the pe

stephanie decker reports. >> reporter: the u.s.-lead coalition has been active in kobani.ut the fight remains relentless and it is angering the kurds watching from across the border. >> translator: the real enemy is not isil, it is the president's government. we do not expect anything else from the turkish government, the turkish state, or the turkish nation anymore because of their stand against this atrocity. >> reporter: international pressure is growing too. the united states has made it clear it wants turkey to step up militarily. and now the special envoy to syria is urging the government to open its border to allow kurds to help in the fight. >> our appeal to turkey, to take specific additional action to stop the advance of isil. we need that because otherwise all of us, including turkey will be regretting deeply that we have missed an opportunity of stopping isil and sending a signal that that cannot continue. >> reporter: but what is clear is that the battle for kobani is a fierce one and it is ongoing. and another point that the u.n. special envoy made is if koba

stephanie decker, al jazeera, beirut. >> according to human rights watch, a cairo university on sunday students chanted slogans against the government and werde confronted by police. they demanded the return of students who were taken away after rallies. peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been in prison for 296 days. they are accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood a charge they deny and are appealing against their convictions. >>> any hal pass officially ended the rescue mission of trekkers who died in avalanches last week, bodies are being flown to towns they capital kathmandu. >> families of 43 students missing in southern mexico are holding out hope for their safe return. they travel to mexico city, to pray at the shrine of our lady of guadalupe. >> as many as 24 people have reportedly died from heavy rain in nicaragua. as randolph noble reports thousands of survivors are now homeless. >> reporter: the rains have gone. but the damage they brought remains. the mud these machines are clearing has concealed the buried houses of some families here. torrential

stephanie decker. >> optimism and positivity, there seems to be a change, coalition air strikes are helpingey're more on the attack rather than a defensive stance and this is also something we heard from one of the fighters who came out of kobani just yesterday. he was positive he said once he's fixed he's going back in and they are positive they can actually achieve that. however, when you speak to some of the people here the kurds who are watching all this fold out in front of them they think that international help has come too late. almost 200,000 refugees have had to flee into turkey, many of them living into extremely difficult conditions. many want to go back to kobani to help huma human human tearil. >> imran khan has more from baghdad. >> three suicide attacks that included bombers in diala, eastern iraq. this was a facility with both kurdish peshmerga soldiers and the patriotic union of kurdistan. it is further evidence how bloody the battle is not just in diala but across iraq. more killed as a result of violence on saturday. this is the shula neighborhood. in the early evening t

stephanie decker has their story. >> reporter: they fled to seek safety in turkey.ut now they find themselves detained by the authorities here. >> translator: the turkish police arrested my husband. they put them in a bus and dropped them here. it has been 11 days. i have been waited for him with my children. i lost everything. i have no money to feed them. i'm sleeping in a park, just waiting for him to come out. >> reporter: 260 people are being detained and the reason the police chief is giving us is this group is believed to have links to the ykp, which they deem a terrorist organization. following a 30-year insurgency, the pkk, and turkey have agreed on a peace process, the battle for kobani is threatening to derail that. this ypg video shows fighters, and turkey is accusing those detained of being part of this group. we managed to speak to one of the detained by phone. >> the turkish pretend they are fighting isil, why do they accuse us of being part of ypg? ypg is fighting isil? >> reporter: he tells us that all of those held are civilians who left kobani aft

stephanie decker al jazeera beirut. >> there are varying estimates how much money i.s.i.l. has in its war chest. according to some groups, i.s.i.l. earns more than $1 million a day. "real money"'s ali velshi tracks some of the money to saudi arabia. >> the saudis consider themselves to be the guardians of islam's holiest places. to that end many saudi liquorics have encouraged citizens to financially support sunni islamic muslims throughout the middle east. critics say by granting the liquorics so much latitude the saudis may have in fact gotten themselves in trouble. >> extreme liquorics inside the country, those haven't -- clerics inside the country, they also have control of the education system they have control of the public place, and they have a global presence through many of the embassies. >> and that global presence has kept the money flowing. the u.s. department of treasury said this past march that sympathetic private saudi donors have been channeling opinion money to islamic terrorist organizations throughout the middle east and beyond. ful experts agree that p

the stephanie decker reports, assad's army is taking advantage. >> reporter: the syrian regime here,the glus-lid fire power focus on kolbane, there has been focus on assad's air force. >> he is busy. he has prior to project site to achieve military success and treat this as priority, first priority is damascus. second, the city and then the road between damaskas. he has taken advantage and this time, husband military operations. >> the syrian observatory for human rights reports that since monday, there have been at least 450 government airstrikes across the country. many inside syria feel no one is paying attention. now that the narrative is all about isil. we spoke to an agent visit in the damascus countryside. >> he is ignoring regime actions and only concentrate on isil. in kolbane emma few hundred people are besieged western homms are 800,000 citizens left without food or medicine. >> there have been reports multiple brigades of the free syrian army want to join the fight against isil in kolbane. this woman in aleppo is asking: why is no one protecting us? we will have to take u

stephanie decker has more now from the turkey syrian border. >> reporter: the u.s.led coalition has attack the northern syrian town but the fight remains relentless and it's angering the kurds in turkey. >> the real enemy of kobane is not isil but turkish president erdogan. we don't expect thing from turkey any more because of their stand on atrocity. >> reporter: the united states has made it clear it wants turkey to step up militarily and now the u.n. special envoy to syria is urging the turkish government to open its border and allow kurds into kobane. >> our appeal to turkey to take some specific addition, action, to stop the advance of isil. we need that because otherwise all of us, including turkey, will be regretting deeply that we have missed an opportunity of stopping isil and sending a signal that that cannot continue. >> but what is clear is that the battle for kobane is a fierce one, and it is ongoing. another point that the u.n. special envoy made is that if kobane falls to isil, the group will control almost 400 kilometers of border with turkey. >> isi

stephanie decker explains. >> reporter: the u.s.d coalition has been active in kobani more air strikes have targeted isil positions. but the fight remains relentl s relentless. >> translator: we real enemy of kobani is not isil, it's president erdogan's government. we do not expect anything from the turkish state or nation anymore because of their stance against this atrocity. >> reporter: the united states has made it clear it wants turkey to step up militarily. and now the u.n. special envoy to syria is urging the turkish government to open its border and allow kurds into kobani to help in the fight. >> our appeal to turkey to take some additional action to stop the advance of isil. we need that or all of us including turkey will regret that we missed the opportunity to stop isil. >> reporter: but it's clear the battle is a fierce one and it is ongoing, and another point that the u.n. special envoy was that if kobani falls to isil the group will control almost 400 kilometers on the border with turkey. there is no mistaking these s

stephanie decker reports. >> the u.s. led coalition has been active in kobane. more airstrikes targeted isil positions in the northern syrian town. the fight remains relentless and it's angering the kurds watching from across the bored are in turkey. >> the real enemy of kobane is in the isil, it is the president's government. we do in the expect anything else from the turkish government, the turkish state or turkish nation anymore because of the stand against this atrocity. >> international pressure is growing, the united states has made it clear it wants turkey to step up militarily and now the u.n. special envoy to syria is urging the turkish border to open its border and allow kurdish fighters to fight isil. >> >> our appeal to turkey to take some specific additional actions to stop the advance of isil. we need that because otherwise, all of us, including turkey, will be regretting deeply that we have missed an opportunity of stopping isil and sending a signal that that cannot continue. >> what is clear is that the battle for kobane is a fierce one and it is

. >> stephanie decker live on the syria/turkey border and asking for help against isil and dana is therehat is the significance of anbar and how long before they pose a threat to baghdad? >> reporter: like you mentioned iraqi officials are appealing for help. they believe it's just a matter of days, after ten days and isil can control the whole providence of anbar and borders syria and means isil will have an open supply line between the strongholds in iraq as well as syria and it's also at the doorsteps of baghdad so they can use this province as a launching pad and it's strategic because there are army installations and they have pushed into village's and took over positions and means they get more weapons and this is despite air strikes and for the coalition this is an embarrassment because isil has not just been defeated or the capabilities degraded on the country, it's on the offensive and controlling more territory. what the u.s.-led coalition as well as the iraqi government needs is for the sunnis to side with them and this is majority sunni province and right now they don't have

for nearly a month, 200,000 civilians are said to flood the town and surrounding village's and stephanie decker not all those who crossed into turkey are being given refuge. >> reporter: they fled to seek safety in turkey but now they find themselves detained by the authorities here. outside relatives have been waiting for days. >> translator: the turkish police arrested my husband in the border and put him in a bag and dropped him here, it has been 11 days and waiting for him with my children. i lost everything and no money to feed them and sleeping in a park just waiting for him to come out. >> reporter: the police chief tells us 260 people are being detained and the reason he is giving us is that this group of people is believes to have links to the wpg which is a syrian arm of pkk which they deem as a terrorist organization. follow agree 30-year insurgency pkk or workers party and turkey agreed on a peace process. but the battle for kobane is threatening to derail that. this ypg shows them battling isil and detained of being part of the group. we managed to speak to one of the detained in t

aljazeera's stephanie decker reports. >> the u.s. led coalition has been active in kobane, more airstrikes have targeted isil positions in the town. the fight remains relentless and is angering the kurds watching from across the border. >> the real enemy is not isil, it is the president's government. we do not expect anything else from the turkish government, the turkish state or the turkish nation anymore because of their stand against this atrocity. >> international pressure is glowing, too. the united states has made it clear it wants turkey to step up militarily and now the u.n. special envoy to syria urges turkey to open up the border. >> our appeal to turkey to take some specific additional actions to stop the advance of isil. we need that because otherwise, all of us, including turkey, will be regretting deeply that we have missed an opportunity of stopping isil and sending a signal that that cannot continue. >> what is clear is that the battle for kobane is a fierce one and it is on going. another point that the u.s. special

. >> stephanie decker live on the turkish/syrian border. and south korea have traded artillery fire across their heavy military border and they released leaflets attached to balloons and harry faucet is on the line from the capitol seoul and this harry as north korea marks a significant anniversary. >> reporter: that is right and what the leaflets launch was due to commemorate the leaflets being launch by antinorth korean activists in south korea and the north koreans are clear they wanted south koreans to stop them indeed and there were some requests from the south korean government but the leaflets have decided to launch these huge balloons nonetheless and led to this remarkable tier of events and 3:55 local time according to the south korean defense ministry and it's 7:00 in the evening north korea fired shots at these balloons in mid flight using artillery they say about ten shots and that some of those artillery shells landed in territory in the other side of dmv and the south defense ministry saying some of those shells landed quite c

stephanie decker is on the syrian-turkish border with refugees. they fear kobane may fall. >> leaving kobane five days ago, he now watches his home from a foreign land. >> my cousin just called from kobane and said isil killed an entire family, seven children, between three and seven years old, four women and two old men. they chopped off their heads. this is genocide. all the world is watching us and there is no compassion. >> he is one of so many who are now refugees just across the border. here what was once routine now feels foreign, and so many young children are forced to grow up without their toys and with an uncertain future. >> mostly, i'm concerned for my children. they haven't gone to school in three years. my son is now nine years old and he doesn't know how to read or write. my children are now forced to live in their home. >> a war has killed and displaced so many. >> isil's push on kobane resulted in a staggering refugee exodus over a short space of time. almost 200,000 people have been forced across the border into turkey. >> there

. >> stephanie decker joins us live from the turkey-syria border. bring us up to speed on the fierce fight for kobane. you just witnessed an air strike. >> there was a coalition air strike on the eastern side of kobane a couple of hours ago. there have been airstrikes, intensified around kobane and inside certain isil position that is they do have. it hasn't really managed to control the battle. they are still actively behind us, gunfire and explosions. the kurds are doing incredibly well in holding isil back when it comes to taking the town. the town is still mostly under control of the y.p.g. there's the kurdish fighters inside syria. they do need more weapons and supplies. what's interesting is we had the u.n. special envoy to syria. he said turkey has oh tope borders to kurds to law them to go help in the fight. u.n. officials say finding peace in syria is no easy task, certainly they say turkey should open the borders to allow men to help push isil back. >> do we have any idea how many civilians are left inside the city of kobane? >> we have he

double decker buses from london in 2000 and the years 2005, i believe, and that was the very first to do so here in san francisco. for now, reporting live in chinatown in san francisco, stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. >> all right. san francisco has a potentially explosive situation on its hands there. >>> speaking of explosive situations, new details this morning about a scandal involving the san jose police union, stemming from very serious allegations made by a former police recruiter. damian trujillo joins us now live in san jose. damian, this controversy really began in earnest about a week ago. good morning. >> reporter: it did and it's picking up steam right now, sam. we spoke with a former san jose police officer who says he got a call over the weekend by the political adviser to san jose mayor chuck reed asking him to lie. former officer made his accusations in this signed document. he signed under the penalty of perjury and the allegations in this document are truly jaw dropping. he met with me just a few minutes ago here at the police union hall. he says the mayor's political adviser called him over the weekend and asked him to corroborate the claims made by fo