any time soon the military one will probably take precedence stephanie thanks dude i was there stephanie decker live on the turkey syria for. the death penalty has been confirmed against seventy five people for their part in protest against the twenty thirteen military coup in egypt fifty of those were given a life sentence including the former muslim brotherhood spiritual leader mohamed badie a most of them were protesters who survived a massacre at a public square in cairo palace reports. it began here in cairo's robust square in august twenty thirty protesters had staged a sisson demonstration against the military coup which deposed egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsy security forces moved in with the now as more than nine hundred protesters had been killed rob's have ordered from you know us just a con artist just to come out and now five years later president foster government has decided to kill seventy five more. over its main mohammed asha one and you seen how mature men are sentenced to death. they were part of the mass trial of seven hundred thirty nine people

far to us it was our damascus if the tickets or the many predict that is only a matter of time stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. the u.n. says a ceasefire has been agreed between rival factions in libya who've been fighting in the capital for more than a week at least sixty people have been killed in one hundred fifty more injured in and around tripoli under the deal all fighting will end and the city's only airport will reopen early hundreds of refugees and migrants were released from a detention center because of the unrest. head has more from tripoli the united nations support the mission in libya has announced that it has reached a cease fire between the warring groups we understand that the united nations support the mission in libya has held a meeting with representatives from the warring groups in tripoli alongside the representatives from the internationally recognized government of national accord and the aim of that meeting was to put an end to this conflict in tripoli and to save the lives of civilians who understand that the conflict or the clashes that have be

saturday morning let's go live downtown taqiyya on the turkey syria border our correspondent stephanie decker is there so stephanie has this much talked about offensive on began we were talking earlier and we said well we don't think so but now there's been a clear ramping up in in air attacks on the region. they there has it's the biggest escalation since airstrikes resumed after a three week low on tuesday it's still going on airstrikes and also heavy artillery shelling in the southern part of the province it is however we have to say sort of less populated land these are villages in areas that civilians have already left some time ago there are however at the moment five killed but you know whether it started or not this is a rumor going back and forth a lot of the pro-government sources and media reporting anonymous sources military on the ground that it has started but at the same time we haven't heard anything official yet but again when it comes to syria you have to read the ground i think you know a lot of people have been speaking about the first phase of the last couple of weeks tha

civil let's get more from stephanie decker who's in an attack in order with syria we want to ask you about the explosions have been taking place in the coastal province all of latakia stephanie what more can you tell us about these reports. lose a lot of confusion the beginning certainly wondering whether it had anything to do with what rory was just reporting on which is that announcement of the demilitarized zone but there was a statement by the official syrian state news agency saying that various missiles have been intercepted air defense systems deployed in latakia that targeted in the end a technical facility now sputnik which is a russian news source you're saying that it targeted syrian army infrastructure but that report from the syrian state news agency also quoting a military official saying that the missiles came from the sea now this you know when it comes to syria you always have to look at reports very carefully but i think it very clearly rules out the rebels and the opposition fighters there are various you know various countries have a presence in the mediterranean t

and turkey is still doing everything it can to try the political route to try and stop that stephanie decker reporting from taqiyya thank you. in other news iraq's parliament is still in emergency session into saturday night as it tries to work out how to contain protests in the city of basra another curfew is now in place there have been weeks of protests over failing government services unemployment and corruption is all spiraled into a violent few days several major buildings set ablaze on friday that included the iranian consulate earlier in the wake of state t.v. building was also burned and at least twelve people have died during all of these demonstrations that. we should draw a distinction between the political factors and the other issues namely security and services unfortunately events have developed rapidly since the parliament's first session of monday last as a result of the escalating political wrangling which if turned into armed confrontations will be gravely dangerous we are keen on steering away from plunging into such danger now the situation in a basil is on their contro

offensive means that there will be no place left for rebel fighters and their families to go stephanie decker reports from the turkey syria border. this northwestern corner of syria represents the last hopes of the rebel opposition government forces have steadily recaptured region after region under so-called reconciliation deals the fighters they didn't want to live under government control here with their families a little ahmed was a fighter in the southern province of that are the most recent area taken back by government troops he shows us video of when he was involved in the war and like so many others who chose to leave he doesn't trust the government. i see the reconciliation is a big mistake because the regime will start arresting us author a wall and put us in prisons we've already heard of a few people being killed by the regime or. even a mob came to live from ottawa in homs the area was besieged by government forces for almost three years and he's now joined one of the local armed groups and it lives. we left because of the heavy bombing and the siege we were starving i didn't ag

to take back the last rebel held province rebuffing ceasefire calls from turkey's president stephanie decker a war from turkey syria border. the intensity of a barrel bomb attack captured by an al jazeera news team. of where the bombs will fool. to borrow this village in the southern countryside. and there were no casualties. russian jets also bombarded the area throughout the day. all the strikes are focused on the southern countryside of the province and civil defense rescue volunteers also known as the white helmets search for survivors. it's been the most intense escalation since airstrikes resumed on it live on choose day after over three weeks of silent skies there were civilian casualties on both sides this is an area under government control and syrian state media blaming the rebels for shelling the area. the bombing and also artillery fire started less than twenty four hours off of the leaders of iran russia and turkey met in takraw in turkey also for a cease fire and russia refused all the escalation problem to turkey's foreign minister to make an unscheduled statement on saturday.

offensive that the spillover will happen straight over the border there let's check in with stephanie decker who is over that border she's in and in turkey and i guess this is the humanitarian side of things stephanie. to be concerned about yes the aid agencies are hugely concerned about it turkey's borders are of course closed and there's no indication that they're going to be opening them so they are setting up tents setting up sort of you know land that will be able to take in an overflow if you will of people fleeing the area there have been some air strikes earlier today southern we understand a couple of hundred families fleeing that are they actually went to aleppo province but there is this fear that it could have massive humanitarian consequences and you were mentioning there the internally displaced yes but there's also you know a large number of civilians living in the cities so it's very very difficult we went to talk to a couple of the turkish aid agencies that are dealing with this they are preparing for it and this is what how they're trying to handle what they say could be an

take back the last rebel health province are buzzing cease fire calls from turkey's president stephanie decker as more from and talk turkey syria border. the intensity of a barrel bomb attack captured by an al jazeera news team the uncertainty of where the bombs will fool. hit this village in the southern edge of the countryside. and there were no casualties. russian jets also bombarded the area throughout the day. all the strikes of focused on the southern countryside of the province and civil defense rescue volunteers also known as the white helmets search for survivors. it's been the most intense escalation since airstrikes resumed on it live on choose day after over three weeks of silent skies there were civilian casualties on both sides this is an area under government control and syrian state media blaming the rebels for shelling the area. the bombing and also artillery fire started less than twenty four hours off that the leaders of iran russia and turkey met in takraw in turkey off for a cease fire and russia refused all the escalation problem to turkey's foreign minister to make an un

the many predict that is only a matter of time stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border focused on the newly elected prime minister says he's hopeful relations can be reset with the united states pulling the suspension of military aid over the country's failure to tackle armed groups imran khan made the comments after meeting with the us after state might prepare in islamabad so hard to have the latest. they come made by a general george of done for day bug a tiny foreign minister saying that bald headed in a candid and frank environment saying that there was indeed a break in the deadlock that was before because of mistrust between the two countries the announcement of the. american stage had already said that he wanted to come to project on to reset the relationship and saying that they wanted to turn a new page the pakistani foreign minister saying that the americans were looking for a political settlement to the conflict a politically negotiated settlement and wanted bulger stands head of the pakistani foreign minister saying they did will be now has brought order to

campaign to take back the province the spy turkey's president pushing them for a cease fire stephanie decker has the latest now from antakya on the turkey syria border. the intensity of the barrel bomb attack captured by an al jazeera news team . the uncertainty of where the bombs. hit this village in the southern. countryside. and there were no casualties. russian jets also bombarded the area throughout the day. all the strikes are focused on the southern countryside of the province and civil defense rescue volunteers also known as the white helmets search for survivors. it's been the most intense escalation since airstrikes resumed on it live on choose day after over three weeks of silent skies there were civilian casualties on both sides this is an area under government control and syrian state media blaming the rebels for shelling the area. the bombing and also artillery fire started less than twenty four hours off the leaders of iran russia and turkey met in takraw in turkey osce for a cease fire and russia refused all the escalation problem to turkey's foreign minister to make an unsch

offensive and to say no to living under a government they have sacrificed so much to remove stephanie decker or jazeera and taqiyya are still ahead on al-jazeera anger in a village in the occupied west bank which will soon be demolished to make why.

attack will be as limited as possible fearing a mass exodus of civilians towards its border stephanie decker reports. over the years the province of it live has offered somewhat of a refuge for almost a million internally displaced syrians but that seems like it's all about to change with the expected government offensive backed by russia to recapture the last province left under opposition control turkey's preparing for a worst case scenario already met with the head of turkey's red crescent just as he returned from visiting it lib if any huge influx. or other two o'clock turkish border now we are near the refugee camps in sight syria turkey already hosts more than three million syrian refugees and it doesn't want any more the turkish border with syria has been closed for years unfortunately there is no clear line for armed groups there are. something down inside and the societies so it is really difficult to target the military points so. it's been a repetitive cycle for years despite endless political negotiations it's the military option that always seems to come first millions of syrian

assault could unleash an even bigger humanitarian crisis in syria settle the whole fear war stephanie decker has more now from untuck here near the turkish syrian border i think. careful scenes not seen in egypt for years. because. if. we won our freedom they sing these scenes a reminder of the early days of syria's revolution before the violent government crackdown before the arrival of countless foreign backed armed groups before russia got involved and changed the course of this war before millions were forced from their homes hundreds of thousands killed before homes in cities were leveled for the fabric of syrian society was arguably destroyed. chant the same as it was in two thousand and eleven the people want the downfall of the regime i don't know how but today we're here to fight for the demands of this revolution that the regime must go will not reconcile with them whatever promises they make whenever trust issues seem the media lies and they say we're terrorists but it's a people's revolution just like when it started when i was there. but so much has changed seven and a half year

gather along the border on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey will discuss syria's fate stephanie decker is on the turkey syria border for there have been several airstrikes in the northern area of how my province and south it live one of those from what we understand is taking out one of the buildings belonging to the civil defense is the white how much the rescue workers that operate in opposition territory we also understand that there are a number of families hundreds we understand around a thousand people that have fled some of those areas where those airstrikes are taking place at the moment all eyes remain on tomorrow that is when you have the trilateral meeting in town hall and between iran turkey and russia everyone expects something to be agreed upon there what this offensive what kind of shape it will take whether it will be limited to certain areas certain groups or a wide scale turkey is doing everything to avoid a large scale offensive it is its worst case scenario is to have a fresh influx of flock fresh push of syrian refugees i.d.p.'s towards its borders fleeing the figh

backed by russia and iran has made it clear that it lip will not remain in opposition hands stephanie decker al-jazeera and taqiyya. still ahead in this half hour cost of albany and block roads the towns and villages to stop the serbian president from visiting and the everyday life in conflict zones such as gaza and yemen brought into stark focus in a french photojournalism exhibition. how the weather so looking at interact across much of australia sizes some bright skies some warmer weather make its way back into the eastern side of the country to the new south wales will say things are improving temperature wise up to nineteen celsius in sydney or so into melbourne actually as we go on through monday in a high of ninety four perth on monday afternoon they'll kill him as we go into a choose day but still fun in try as is the case across much of australia i says the temperature starts to pick up for sydney twenty two degrees melbourne also twenty two along with adelaide a little more clout there into adelaide but for most as i said is fine and dry lousy fine and dry say for good parts of new

offensive and to say no to living under a government they have sacrificed so much to remove stephanie decker jazeera antakya. a russian pharmacists says talks to minimize civilian casualties in are progressing he made the comments in berlin where germany's foreign minister to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe lavrov said the details would be discussed at a meeting between russian and between the russian and turkish presidents on monday . we assure you that we will address these issues as carefully as possible we will establish humanitarian corridors establish local troops agreements and do everything we can to ensure that the civilian population does not suffer. an unusually pointed attack u.s. secretary of state mike brown players accused his obama era pre-disaster john kerry of actively undermining the united states kerry recently held several meetings with the foreign minister of iran who he worked with on the twenty fifteen nuclear deal pompei o described the meetings as illegal adding that iranian backed fighters had fired rockets at a u.s. compound in iraq just this week. secretary kerr

italy and russian jets reportedly carried out more than ten strikes in neighboring hama province stephanie decker reports now from the turkey syrian border. death comes from the sky here. it's a second day of an escalated air campaign targeting the southern part of syria's province and north and how. some people are fleeing their homes to the so far safer north. we came from the south of italy we're leaving because of the bombing the jets and the artillery they're hitting us with all kinds of weapons we're heading to the north now. we expect everything at this stage fortunately there is no other place for us to go to because it will get worse so we are heading to the turkish border at the moment there aren't large amounts of people fleeing the bombardment and that's because the areas targeted are in the countryside and they are less populated now turkey fears if the military offensive moves closer towards the cities that huge numbers could flee towards its closed borders in that situation it's working hard to avoid turkey's interior minister visited the border with syria on sunday and warned agai

be decided politically remains unclear what is clear damascus is adamant it will take it back stephanie decker or jazeera. still ahead here on al-jazeera european leaders under pressure as they hold yet another summit focusing on refugees and migrants will have more from austria. and an exclusive investigation looks at the inhumane treatment of animals at the center of a booming multi-billion dollar industry. from the clear blue sky of the doha morning. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city . hello there we've had some very stormy weather over parts of europe recently the worst of it has been in the northwest over parts of scotland and the northern parts of ireland as well it's brought down quite a few trees and we've also seen a loss of loss of power as well see the win that we've had to deal with there there's also been some very heavy downpours and it looks like there's more stormy weather still to come because the next system is working its way gradually across us and that will be intensifying as we head through the next twenty four to forty eight hours so during the day on thursday then

security council briefing on syria in the meantime let's go over to stephanie decker was monitoring the situation inside syria for us from ray hanley that's on the techie syria border stephanie we've heard warnings of a bloodbath of a humanitarian catastrophe in a live province if this expected government offensive where to go ahead you're not far from a lead province tell us about the current situation there and just how worried people are about this possible onslaught. extremely concerned filey and you know a lot of these people as we've been reporting and everyone's been saying of in displays throughout the years of this conflict from playing. to place ending up right behind me that's the biggest come for the internally displaced inside syria that is around eight hundred thousand people so people are exhausted people are destroyed they want the war to end but the problem with that is that you know they don't trust the syrian government that if they do take charge of where they are that there are repercussions and of course is a huge concern of military action when it comes to civilia

airstrikes the last rebel held strongholds i'm stephanie decker on the turkey syria border now that's. behind us and aid agencies a warning of the humanitarian catastrophe if there is an all out military offensive on the. warring factions agree to a ceasefire in the capital tripoli after days of fighting kills a. battered by the worst typhoon in twenty five years killing at least nine people in the west of the country. the white house rejects a top reporters highly critical counter president donald trump's administration. hello we begin in syria where airstrikes have hit the last rebel controlled region as the u.n. security council plans to meet on friday on what could become the bloodiest battle yet an adlib province it's believed more than twenty separate airstrikes have been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children russia a key ally of the syrian government says it's aware of the army is preparing a full scale offensive on ad lib calling it a credo off terrorism scott the united nations warning. potential bloodbath. is home to three million people rebels

iran and the hezbollah terror organization accountable for this unfortunate incident we have stephanie decker she's going to be joining us in just a moment from antakya that's near the turkey syria border we also have our diplomatic editor there he is james bays he's at the u.n. that's where the u.n. security council's been discussing the war and will speak to both after we go to iran khan he's joining us from occupied east jerusalem for more on the israeli reaction him around. well i can tell you that the israeli reaction came incredibly swiftly would suggest that they're trying to draw a diplomatic line and the whole incident it seems that the russian israeli corporation against the syrian regime is much more historic against any escalation or escalation of the conflict is something that they both want to keep together it's worked for them since two thousand and fifteen in fact the israeli army have suggested the decomp like idea confliction agreement has led to serious incidents being averted now they did issue a statement the israeli army as you say they did regret the lives of these are

real political terms even he admits it will be david chase i live in geneva now let's go to stephanie decker our correspondent in antakya on the border between turkey and syria and it must feel as stephanie you're a million miles away from the the talks that are underway in geneva because we're hearing from the u.n. estimates of of thousands and thousands of people already displaced by conflict in other parts of the country have now been displaced again as a consequence of of the bombing that we've seen over the last week or so. yes there's always been a complete disconnect between what is decided by men in suits a million miles away at the negotiating table and what it's like for the people inside syria as you mentioned it live it is different because it live is the place where people went in the end whether it was internally displaced civilians who were displaced from from city to city to village and ending up in italy or the rebel fighters the different opposition groups who didn't want to stay under government control under these so-called reconciliation deals and came with their familie

be decided politically remains unclear what is clear damascus is adamant it will take it back stephanie decker or jazeera on taco. dancing dolphins jumping whales and performing seals that make china's marine theme parks a multi-billion dollar industry but an investigation by al-jazeera is one of one east has discovered that many of the animals are being abused on a shocking scale we went undercover for two years and found six used left to die in dirty water and freezers full of animal carcasses is steve chiles report. to the public aquarium performances in china or an entertaining mix of hype defying tricks. supposed animal humor. with some displays of apparent affection. but exclusive behind the scenes video obtained by one on one east reviews a much darker picture lieutenant president want you know your union border c.n.r. . workers who asked not to be identified say animals such as seals sick with skin diseases and cataracts are abandoned in places called dining rooms left to swim in their own urine and feces for the horses so handlers who don't you will warm and. i don't want to be. the w

the united states will respond to any chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the syrian regime stephanie decker joins us live now from ron lee on the turkey syria border so what's what is happening with this this push that we're hearing about this offensive stephanie. well massive diplomatic efforts going on behind the scenes from turkey from russia and also talking to the rebel groups inside let me talk about the humanitarian situation just the political situation will get more in just a moment but just to show you where we are so what you see across the border that is that wall is it lit province and you have hundreds of thousands of tents along this border so that's one of the issues that's of course turkey's great fear is to have a humanitarian disaster and sense of people trying to come across into turkey the borders are closed so this is one aspect of why they're trying to contain what is a certainty richelle is safe to say the syrian government has made it very clear they are going to take back in the province what is different about this is a it's the last held rebel province inside syr

turkey that is designed to prevent a major military offensive against rebels in need but our stephanie decker reports from antakya any of the syrian turkish border many people in it leave are confused about how the plan will work. the demilitarized zone agreed on by turkey and russia is due to be established around fifteen kilometers from here it's a topic on everyone's mind one of the clinton's words the demilitarized zone will be a separate zone between us and the regime turkey will ensure our side and russia will ensure their regimes in order to prevent any battle i think all the factions will accept this because turkey is pushing forward and we are with turkey. but these fighters a coalition called the national liberation front are believed to be backed by turkey and getting them to fall in line will be easy the problem may be with groups that have been deemed terrorist organizations like the hill formerly known as the nostra front and accused of having links to al qaeda. i don't think hyatt to reality will disappear they will break up and join the other factions there is no way that turk

you it's going to be complicated because damascus is intent on taking back the entire province stephanie decker with the latest from an tuckey on turkey's border with syria stephanie thank you. iraq's parliament has held an emergency session to work out how to contain protests in the city of basra a government imposed curfew is now in place across the city following a week of violent protests people are angry at the government for failing to provide work and basic services more than a dozen major buildings have been attacked including the iranian consulate which was set on friday fire on friday night and earlier airport was targeted by rocket fire at least twelve people have died in the demonstrations iraq's prime minister hyderabadi is urging lawmakers to help prevent on the confrontations we should draw a distinction between the political factors on the other issues namely security and services unfortunately events have developed rapidly since the parliament's first session of monday last as a result of the escalating political wrangling which if turned into armed confrontations will be grave

fall to us it was our damascus if the tickets so many predict that is only a matter of time stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border of the syrian state news agency says air defenses have intercepted missiles fired by israeli jets they reportedly attack targets in the provinces of hama and tartarus at least one person was killed and twelve indian state t.v. released this video showing what it says was the missile israel also made a rare admission that it had carried out more than two hundred attacks against iranian targets in syria in the last two years of the u.n. says a cease fire has been agreed between rival factions in libya who've been fighting in the capital for more than a week at least sixty people have been killed in one hundred fifty more injured in and around tripoli under the deal all fighting will end in the city's only airport will reopen earlier hundreds of refugees and migrants were released from a detention center because of the unrest mahmoud up there why has more from tripoli . the united nations support the mission in libya has announced that it has reached

particular risks so that's that's what's happening at the moment that's the risk we're facing stephanie decker is that in talking under the turkey syria border what is the latest with this offensive and it led. well there's a lot of behind the scenes diplomatic action going on rachelle you had the syrian foreign foreign minister in moscow yesterday you're having intensive talks between the turks and the russians you have the u.s. special envoy to syria coming to the region he'll be in israel then jordan then turkey all discussing what the next moves are when it comes to how this offensive is going to take place remains a big question mark i think we know it will take place the syrian government has made it very clear it was always going to take back it live and it's left it as almost like a last stand in this war it's been interesting however because turkey really is the guarantor of these rebel groups inside it live it's part of the deescalation zone that was agreed in a stand it's been talking to the key group really called sham this is the group formerly known as the nostra front associated

be decided politically remains unclear what is clear damascus is adamant it will take it back stephanie decker or jazeera on taka shia muslims worldwide are commemorating assura the annual warning for their prophet mohammed's grandson they believe him hussein was killed in the battle of karbala in what's now iraq thirteen hundred years ago the same as death was a major factor in the split into two main sects of islam sunni and shia the anniversaries commemorated worldwide on the tenth day of the first month in the islamic calendar some share every year beat themselves to express their grief the pain hussein suffered many iranians say u.s. sanctions have made it too expensive for them to travel to iraq to take part in commemorations matheson reports from baghdad. the intense and vibrant assura in the iraqi city of kabul. the crowds which used to pack the shrine of a man hussein are smaller because thousands of iranians can't afford to be here. we came to iraq because we love to visit the holy shrines but the economic crunch means many iranians can't afford to visit cup on ashura day. iranian sh

thank you for that we'll move over to stephanie decker of course reporting from the turkey syria border zain touched on it there but what do you take us through more of the turkish perspective on this . what president are two on one with a message that was calling for a cease fire that was quickly rejected by the russian president all heels are reminded iran and russia said well you're concerned about terrorists at will so were we and also if you concerned about the humanitarian situation well we are more so because it is on our borders and come on if you just look behind me that is in the province that's one of the i.d.p. camps that is how close it is so really there have there was some compromise the turkish president giving some leeway on some of the fighting groups inside it lip turkey of course is the guarantor of the opposition groups inside the province including the who the sham that controversial group that russia and syria deemed terrorist organizations recently turkey as well so that is one concession so giving some indication that perhaps a limited scale offense is what was

me directly as well my twitter and here at a j for now though we're going to speak to stephanie decker she is an attack on turkey's border with syria as i said if it's not the big offensive but how would you describe what you've seen today and heard today as far as an uptick in violence. well it's the biggest increase certainly since the airstrikes resumed don't choose day after what was just over a three week low. and there's a lot of back and forth whether this is the official start a lot of the pro-government media outlets are quoting military sources on the ground saying that this is a start but we haven't heard anything official a lot of these airstrikes and barrel bombs and artillery shelling that are going both ways or as you mentioned earlier come on in the southern part of italy province it is less populated it is more open land it is the countryside but there have been casualties six people killed so far so of course this is a concern we've just heard from turkey's foreign ministry wasn't you know scheduled to speak today but last minute it was announced he was calling for a

government offensive means there will be no place left for rebel fighters and their families to go stephanie decker reports from the turkey syria border. this northwestern corner of syria represents the last hopes of the rebel opposition government forces have steadily recaptured region after region under so-called reconciliation deals the fighters they didn't want to live under government control here with their families little ahmed was a fighter in the southern province of the most recent area taken back by government troops he shows us video of when he was involved in the war and like so many others who chose to leave he doesn't trust the government. i see the reconciliation as a big mistake because the regime will start arresting us all through wall and put us in prisons we've already heard of a few people being killed by the regime. came to live in homs the area was besieged by government forces for almost three.

increase in fighting could lead to the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the twenty first century stephanie decker has more from on talk here the turkey syria border. there's a huge numbers given by the united nations over thirty thousand people fleeing the areas where the bombardment is taking place and going to different areas inside most of the people according to the united nations going into camps these are camps that are along the turkish border turkey's borders of course remain closed some people going to stay with relatives also others according to the united nations are an informal camp and others renting it just shows you the concern going forward particularly by turkey other mass potential civilian exodus towards its borders its borders remain close with side and it has no intention of opening them up regardless of what happens it says it is on its own and it is that could. when it comes to dealing with syrian refugees hosting already over three million inside turkey so what what they're doing to prepare for this they tell us that they already have material inside syria in the sense tha

let's get more on everything now from stephanie decker he's in antakya near turkey's border with syria and stephanie we were reporting a statement from state media there in syria reporting explosions in the coastal province of latakia what more have you been hearing about this. well it's been quite a confusing picture in the last hour or so reports and video coming out of what is perceived to be latakia now we have the only thing we can confirm which is the official syrian state news agency sana'a saying that the air defense system has intercepted various what they say missiles coming from the sea they are quoting a military source and saying that one of the hits was on what they're calling a technical industries from what we understand that some corner of an industrial zone inside latakia that is all we know at the moment certainly the video that i have seen shows a huge explosion the timing of this is of course interesting because it comes just two hours after we had the announcement as you heard were you talk about there of that to militarize own but if you read what state news agen

has warned of an all out attack on a deliberate course many civilian deaths stephanie decker reports start from handling the of the turkey syria border border what you're looking at is a province and those tents are just a small part of almost eight hundred thousand. thousand people syrians who've been internally displaced in their own country these tents have been here for years and also there is a feeling that no one is going to be able to go home any time soon the concern now is of this looming offensive in a province turkey certainly doesn't want to have tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people trying to cross the border it says its borders will remain shut in this is also why it's heavily involved in negotiating behind the scenes with a group incited live the one mostly in charge. that is of course the group that was formerly known as the nostra front believed to be linked to al qaida that russia and syria call terrorists and as of friday night turkey also added to the terror list alone political maneuvering going on when it's clear that the syrian government says it wi

out attack on the rebel held province would cost many civilian deaths and further displacement stephanie decker has the latest from an attack at near the turkey syria border. what you're looking at is the province and those tents are just a small part of almost eight hundred thousand people syrians who've been internally displaced in their own country these tents have been here for years and also there is a feeling that no one is going to be able to go home any time soon the concern now is of this looming offensive in a province turkey certainly doesn't want to have tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people trying to cross the border it says its borders will remain shut in this is also why it's heavily involved in negotiating behind the scenes with a group incited live the one mostly in charge. that is of course the group that was formerly known as the nostra front believed to be linked to al qaida that russia and syria call terrorists and as of friday night turkey also added to the terror list a lot of political maneuvering going on what is clear is that the syrian government says it w

government offensive means there'll be no place left for rebel fighters and their families to go stephanie decker reports from the turkey syria border. this northwestern corner of syria represents the last hopes of the rebel opposition government forces have steadily recaptured region after region under so-called reconciliation deals the fighters they didn't want to live under government control here with their families a little ahmed was a fighter in the southern province of that are the most recent area taken back by government troops he shows us video of when he was involved in the war and like so many others who chose to leave he doesn't trust the government. i see the reconciliation is a big mistake because the regime will start arresting us all through wall and put us in prisons we've already heard of a few people being killed by the regime. came to live in homs the area was besieged by government forces for almost three years and he's now joined one of the local armed groups and. we left because of the heavy bombing and the siege we were starving i didn't agree with the reconciliation the

down rory chalons live in moscow thank you very much now we're going to go to our correspondent stephanie decker she is in taqiyya in southern turkey very close to the border with syria and this incident stephanie is just a perfect illustration is the of the dangers because of the that the business of the skies above syria. absolutely the sky is in the water is martine so you know you have a russians reconnaissance aircraft with fifteen crewmembers on board in the sky you have israeli f. sixteen s you have american vessels british vessels turkish vessels french vessels also israeli submarines all believed to be in the mediterranean you have the syrians operating russian made anti aircraft air defense systems you have iranian militias backed groups on the ground i mean it is a complete mess and it shows how fissile the situation is as we were all focused on it live and how russia and turkey had agreed on a demilitarized zone which was a verging conflict in lives so far all of a sudden just a couple of hours later martine reports of missiles raining down on latakia we were seeing pictures coming o

within the province to demand fighters leave built up areas and go out into the countryside stephanie decker is in kentucky on the turkey syria border. what is clear is that there was no consensus reached in tar and in fact the back and forth between the three leaders playing out live on the air turkey's position is that it wants to manage it wants to limit what is expected to be this offensive of the syrian government backed by russia to take it back from opposition forces the turkish president tweeting after he left the summit this is something he rarely does taking to twitter seven tweets in turkish but also in english russian and arabic basically saying if there was an assault on a lid that turkey would not watch from the sidelines neither watching the sidelines nor petition paid in such aggression turkey's worry is of course that of a mass movement of civilians towards its border area one making it very clear that turkey had reach capacity already hosting over three million syrian refugees it is down to turkey to talk to the opposition groups inside it that is an extremely difficult tas

using barrel bombs rockets and artillery they are targeting hospitals and medical facilities stephanie decker has more from antarctica on the turkey's border with syria. it live is the place where people went in the end whether it was internally displaced civilians who were displaced from from city to city to village and ending up in italy or the rebel fighters the different opposition groups who didn't want to stay under government control under these so-called reconciliation deals and came with their families to live this is why you've seen the population swell so much so at the moment the displacement that we've seen as a part of this latest offensive and it is an escalation in the south of of the provinces sort of more country area open land a couple of thousand people displaced they have gone to various places but mostly close to the border with turkey because that's where they feel safest we've been speaking to people who left and one man telling us that he didn't feel safe anywhere because people expect this offensive to move into the cities into all areas because you know the rhetoric

but there is a consensus that the battle for adlib will be the final major battle of this war stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey will discuss syria's fate the un has warned such an attack could cause a humanitarian disaster so mr avi reports from tehran the world is not doing enough to help people displaced by war that was the message during a visit by the u.n. high commissioner for refugees legal ground he was into ran to meet with foreign minister zarif and other senior leaders his trip just days before the presidents of iran russia and turkey hold three party talks into her on i have just been to syria so i reported back to. the government of the about my observations. first and foremost especially in my meeting with minister saadi we spoke about our concerns about it lip. it is clear that the risks of a military confrontation causing massive loss of life. he says he's he's he's very high and i told ministers that he thought that my appeal just like the u.n. secretary general and others is let's minimize let's. get peace t

says a political solution is needed to prevent a humanitarian disaster and stephanie decker has more from on top here on the turkey syria border there is a huge numbers given by the united nations over thirty thousand people fleeing the areas where the bombardment is taking place and going to different areas inside it most of the people according to the united nations going into camps these are camps that are along the turkish border turkey's borders of course remain closed some people going to stay with relatives also others according to the united nations are an informal camps and others renting it just shows you the concern going forward particularly by turkey. potential civilian exodus towards its borders its borders remain closed as we've said and it has no intention of opening them up regardless of what happens it says it is on its own and it is that capacity when it comes to dealing with syrian refugees hosting already over three million inside turkey so what what they're doing to prepare for this they tell us that they already have material inside syria in the sense that they

well let's get more on this now from al-jazeera stephanie decker who's in turkey's border with syria stuffy on the face of it the the u.n. special envoy is planned seems pretty hair brained a james was saying why would they move out of the cities into the country clearly there's no consensus of the talks in tehran can an offensive now be avoided politically. i think it's very difficult i think you know if you look at it if you break it down you have russia and iran basically saying that the syrian government will be taking back the province whatever happens and you have the turks saying well you know we're going to have to figure out a better way to do that rather than a military offensive but the problem is this stage it is that over the years under these reconciliation deals those rebels who didn't want to be part of the art of living under the government were sent to live and it was a let's say a so-called problem that the government was going to deal with later well we're at that stage now so turkey has the difficult task of talking to all these groups particularly those deemed a

iranian and hezbollah forces that have joined syria's war fighting alongside the government stephanie decker as the latest from an taqiyya near turkey's border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sanna putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a state actor because of course in the mediterranean you add various the presence of u.s. naval vessels the brits the turks and also israeli submarines believed to have to be placed there israel has been accused in the possibly using it submarines of targeting latakia of course these things are never confirmed israel does confirm however that it does target iran when you know backed forces on the ground or weapon shipments or shipments it believes are deemed to the group has bought a lot so again nothing confirmed but we do

bought but there are still major complications when it comes to live that have not been solved stephanie decker in red on the thank you for that update to other news and the head of the international monetary fund has warned that a no deal exit from the european union will come out of a substantial economic cost to the u.k. christine legarde says the u.k.'s growth rate will be less than half the global average even if a smooth transition was agreed paul brennan reports on from london. at one point in her news conference christine legarde described herself as a desperate optimist but delivering the i.m.f. latest assessment of the u.k. economy her tone was repeatedly downbeat about britain post rex it so whatever the deal is will not be as good as it is at the moment and asked about the seemingly growing prospect of britain crashing out without a break to deal now clearly that was to happen our assessment is that it would have very dear economy consequences it would be a shock to supply. and it would inevitably have a series of consequences in terms of. reduced growth going forward. increased def

the syrian government prepares to retake the last rebel stronghold in the country al-jazeera stephanie decker reports now from hamley near the turkey syria border. what you're looking at is the province and those tents are just a small part of almost eight hundred thousand people syrians who've been internally displaced in their own country these tents have been here for years and also there is a feeling that no one is going to be able to go home any time soon the concern now is of this looming offensive in a province turkey certainly doesn't want to have tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people trying to cross the border it says its borders will remain shut and this is also why it's heavily involved in negotiating behind the scenes with a group incited led the one mostly in charge. that is of course the group that was formerly known as the nostra front believed to be linked to al qaida that russia and syria are terrorists and as of friday night turkey also added to the terror list a lot of political maneuvering going on what is clear is that the syrian government says it will take b

campaign to take back the province the spite turkey's president pushing though for a cease fire stephanie decker has the latest now from antakya on the turkey syria border. the intensity of a barrel bomb attack captured by an al jazeera news team. the uncertainty over where the bombs were. to barrel bombs hit this village in the southern edge of the countryside. and there were no casualties. russian jets also bombarded the area throughout the day. all the strikes have focused on the southern countryside of the province and civil defense rescue volunteers also known as the white helmets search for survivors. it's been the most intense escalation since airstrikes resumed on it live on choose day after over three weeks of silent skies there were civilian casualties on both sides this is an area under government control syrian state media blaming the rebels for shelling the area. the bombing and also artillery fire started less than twenty four hours off that the leaders of iran russia and turkey met in takraw in turkey osce for a cease fire and russia refused all the escalation problem to turkey's