this is the important thing. >> which syrians. >> all syrians. president bashar al-assad is not the issue, he was never the issue. >> i don't think basically this revolution was about democratical things. >> there is a responsibility. >> i'm not saying it's accountability. he's the strongest man in syria. >> he's in control. >> very much. >> of the country. >> no, not of the country, on the government he's in control. >> you think control of one-fifth of syria's geography... >> and he's in control of attacks on civilians tilling tens of thousands. >> there was a ba'ath party conference in which the whole command was changed. that tells you he's in control. the end of the story is he's not the issue, in terms of how they want to rebuild the country. people on the outside are too focused on him as a person. if you want a transition because of the fears of the people who support the government and fears of chaos and so on, probably he needs to be in place. what happens in the future should be left to the syrian people to survive. if you ask me if th

and amall, a syrian political activist that supports the syrian government. thank you for joining u gentlemen. ambassador ford, in an interview with a daily paper you asked if bashar al-assad was evil. >> i recall. >> and you said yes. >> yes. >> is he the nastiest evil right now in this conflict? >> there are many evils in this conflict. there are a lot of innocent people getting killed. i certainly would not, for an significant, suggest that the islamic state has good qualities, redeeming qualities. from where a great many syrians sit, they look at a regime this killed tens of thousands. you mentioned the nerve gas and barrel bombs, et cetera. they say they have lost 100,000, 250,000 to bashar al-assad. the islamic state killed four to 5,000, not to justify. it's to say where a great many syrians sit, the bashar al-assad danger. >> let's ask a syrian that defends the president more than 200,000 dead. due to syrian military bombing and the syrian observatory for human rights, they attribute 90% of civilian casualties to the syrian army. with all of that, 4 m

used to control is now controlled by the syrian kurds and free syrian army groups. everything to the west, there's a 90-kilometer strip i.s.i.s. still controls, and that is the strip we're really focused on. if we can help the syrians get control of that area, some of the moderate opposition forces working with turkey, i.s.i.l will no longer have an outlet. >> rose: and we talk to francis ricciardone, steven cook, henri barkey. >> going out hot against the p.k.k. and the government, at least suspending the peace process that had been there if not finishing it -- i certainly hope it isn't finished -- that again injects the kurdish national vs. turkish nationalist struggle against them. it's a poisonous thing, a bad thing for turkey, i think. it's a distracting thing for syria and for the coalition's effort to have a united front against i.s.i.s. so it's a very bad thing. i hope the p.k.k. and the governor of turkey can find their way back to a political process as they call it so end the armed insurrection and find a political solution. >> rose: patriot quarterback t

one of the conditions is the syrian kurds must support syrian opposition groups.turkey is trying to do is put opposition under one umbrella and so far the kurds yes do fight with some syrian rebel forces but these are not the main syrian groups and want the main opposition groups the to fall under one umbrella to prevent the kurds from an atonomous region. >> what are relations like between the y.p.g. and ankora? >> well turkey considers the y.p.g. an offshoot of the p.k.k. and that is why it's so worried. territory is controlled by syrian kurds and feel this will in one way or another arose separate sentiments among its own kurdish population. what is happening in syria now is turkey seems to be really concerned with the battlefield in the north. now it is saying that it got an agreement from the united states that the coalition will also help syrian opposition groups fight i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. is trying to push west towards the aleppo countryside. turkey wants to make sure opposition groups are not weakened. why? they support groups and shouldn't be weakened so the

the real fact is the regime knows that shroudly saying syrian is not only for syrians who hold the syrian id. syria is all who are fighting for assad'ssing register e-mail for who would keep him in power, controlling the whole country, even destroying the rest of the whole country. >> at least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at hotel in the somali capital. saying a suicide driver drove his car into the jazeera hotel, a hotel popular with government officials and diplomats. nobody has so far claimed responsibilities for that attack. >> barack obama has arrived in ethiopia. he is the first u.s. leader to visit ethiopia. during his two-day stay, he will become the first to address the african union. hours before arriving in ethiopia, he was wrapping up a tour of kenya, his father's homeland. he called on kenyans to get tough on corruption tackle regionnan insecurity and empower the country's women and girls. here is catherine soi. president bar a.m. intakz obama receives a rousing welcome. >> the u.s. president said kenya is a success story with a vibrant economy and good dem

syrian kurds are no longer welcome in isil's capitol city.ilies move north to the border town which was under isil's control only two weeks ago. living under isil the kurds were forced to pledge allegiance to the group. after the ypged a advanced towards the area they accused the kurds of cooperating. >> translator: they gave us 24 hours to leave or they would behead us. they are afraid of the ypg. >> reporter: the ypg with the help of u.s.-lead coalition air strikes, closed the route from turkey, but it's main strong hold is far from being under siege. the ypg has no plan to advance towards the mainly arab city. the kurds have said any future battle here would have to be lead by arab forces to avoid ethnic tensions. some activists believe isil could be easily defeated if the coalition cooperates with syrian rebels. >> translator: ypg is not interested in taking the city. there are main stream syrian opposition groups in the area who are ready to fight isil but they need air support. and the coalition doesn't seem willing to support them. the

and the syrian army, i.s.i.l. and syrian rebels, between i.s.i.l. and the kurdish peshmerga. i.s.i.s. has a lot of enemies. with each month it attracts more fighters from outside syria and iraq and supports from others rallying to its flag. i.s.i.l. looks like and acts like a real country, and a president who came to the whitehouse saying he didn't oppose all wars, just dumb wars, trying to keep the struggle from becoming a war without end. >> reporter: it's what fbi director james comey says keeps him up at night. i.s.i.l. as a threat to the homeland eclipsed the ground behind the nvern attacks. >> nil is not your parent's al qaeda, it's a different model. and by virtue of that model it's a threat we are worried about in the homeland. >> comey says it's about social media, enabling i.s.i.l. to reach trouble soles who may be receptive to his message. directing them to attack targets like law enforcement or the military. >> what we are concerned about is crowd sourcing of lone wolf attacks, a threat that the fbi manage. >> comey estimates i.s.i.l. has 21,000 followers, hundred

al jazeera. >> a syrian activist and member of the opposition syrian national council joins us litsch from istanbul. what do you make of president assad's comments? >> good evening for you and for audience, as well. as you mentioned in your introduction when you started assad regime is suffering, lack of people, lack of manpower, and there are losing big lands of syria, but i'd like to insist that he said that he would give up some regions in order to be able to gain some other regions but this is not the real fact. the real fact is he announced it very loudly, saying that syria is not only for syrians or the syrian i.d. syria is all who are fighting for assad's regime, syria is for who would cope assad in power controlling the whole country even destroying the rest of the whole country but the only thing assad wants to is to stay in power to stay on, keep his own chair. >> does it indicate that he is on the back foot, that he's under pressure? >> yeah, he is under huge pressure, because as we all know, without this intervention by iranian militias and hezbollah militia and some other

so it has avoided bombing syrian targets in syria. and the syrian siry are able to focus on the pkk. >> there was a peace fire. what will that mean? >> it means that the pkk will retaliate with further violent attacks and further targets. it means that there be greater polarization between turks and kurds, and more kurds may leave, migrate from the ruling party to the workers party. >> and what do you think how far do you see it going? >> i think the turkish government will clear out the border between turkey and syria from all pkk-related elements and the islamic state. we're seeing a continuous bombing run to see create a de facto on the syrian tied of the board. >> what about the timing of this? what do you make of the fact that it has happened at this point? >> i think that the timing is a coincidence. it comes very close with the agreement with the united states. turkey did not want to feel left out given that there was talk between tehran and washington over the issue of combating the united states. there is also talk that there

the government believes the syrian kurds want to create their own state inside syria.nd at the same time we heard the syrian kurdish fighting force accuse turkey of declaring war on isil as a cover up. to target the kurds instead. it's a very complicated situation, but turkish prime minister made clear he extended two the syrian kurds giving them a set of conditions for them to be part of what he's calling a new syria. but the ypg is just not interested according to the ypg the turks cannot tell us who we should cooperate with on the ground. we cooperate with all syrian parties. >> well, turkey's counterterrorism police have arrested 15 suspects in ankara. bernard myth are following those developments. >> 15 people have been arrested in ankara in this latest wave of raids. all of those arrest ready foreigners. they are part of a series of raids that have really been going on for the past weeks and months in turkey. they picked up steam after the suicide-bombing in sur uc in the syrian border last weekend. they say they're targeting not just isil potential supporters, p

he heads the opposition syrian assembly who cooperates with the free syrian army. they hope to recapture their villages and return home. >> translator: we are not just fighting isil, but the ypg as well. they changed the demography. we believe they will do the same. the region should be under fsa forces who are mainly turks from the area. >> reporter: there is a powerful opposition alliance battling isil and the syrian government. but it includes the al qaeda linked front, the coalition won't work with them. there is a turkey u.s. agreement to train and equip a moderate rebel force. but months later, fewer than 60 men are in the program because of strict vetting requirements by washington. while there is a deal to take on isil, there is uncertainty surrounding the operation. >>> the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, starts a five nation tour of the middle east and southeast asia on friday. the bid it to ease concerns about the iran nuclear deal. >>> a lawyer for london's police says there is hard evidence that the former spy was killed by two russian agents in 2

the syrian people were displaced. another 7 million were impacted and 4 million in exile, facing some of them utter poverty, problems with education, in fact and also the communities, the villages and towns where they live they are facing difficulties because of the strain in the border and education. >> one point you said a little earlier, it's been said that worldwide displacement is at the highest level ever recorded. numbers are expected to rise further as conflicts are not abating at all. talk to me about the impact that this will have on the global population and worldwide development as we go forward? >> this is a very critical time for the world, and for the world leaders, and the poor. we are at a time and age where protracted situations. multiple protracted situations bringing displaced people between 59 and 60 million, this doesn't matter since world war ii. that tells us there's a level of flow and order, and as the protracted situation continues, that means a threat to international security and stability

the syrian kurdish force as well as the syrian observatory human rights, the turkish military she wouldir positions west of kobane. we still have no independent confirmation, but we did speak to a spokesman from the froome and, in account far, he is issued a warning to turk saying this should not happen again he said this is the second time, it's a potentially dangerous development. why? because of the growing tensions between turkey and syria's kurds as well as turkey and its own kurdish population. tensions are growing. we know that turkey has long been concerned about the growing strength of the syrian kurds along its border. we heard the prime minister say and give conditions real on how the kurds could have a place in what he called the new syria. saying that the syrian kurds should end all ties with the assad government. they alleged that they have links with the assad government. they should not disturb turkey and they should cooperate with syrian opposition groups. so far the kurds have been acting independently yes some rebel forces fight alongside the kurds, but the main syria

it is also worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syrian's kurds. syrian's kurds or the pyg linked to the pkk now control half of the 800 kilometers border with turkey. turkey said it would create a red line if it works with. >> turkey does not want the ypg to take mortar tore. the u.s. supported the kurds now it has withdrawn its support. but now they're working together to clear aleppo from isil. >> the fears that isil could drive out syrian opposition groups from aleppo and control the important board crossing of kilis. it is no coincidence that turkish jets turkey is hoping that it's long-time demand inside syria will emerge. >> our aim is to get rid of the isil threat in syria and even iraq. after that the safe sides will be formed naturally. >> but this may come at a price the peace the police have conducted raids against hundreds of suspected pkk and isil sympathizers. the government believes there could be attempts to destabilize turkey from within. >> let's go live now to kilis on the turkish-syrian border. we're following developments from

al jazeera. >> n. >> a syrian activist and member of the opposition syrian national court is questioning in the's motives. suffering, lack of people of inpower and they are using big land to syria. he said that he would give up some regions in order to be able to gain some other regions but this is not the fact. he knows that loudly saying syria is not for syrians, all who are fighting for assad's regime. for whole would keep assad in power, controlling the whole country even destroying the rest of the whole country, but the only thing assad wants to is to stay in power, to stay on his own chair. 4 people have been killed at a hotel. they say the suicide bomber drove his car into the protective perimeter of the jazi jjeezera hotel let's look back at the final day of the historic trip of obama to his father's homeland. during the address, he called on kenya to get tough on corruption and to empower the country's women and girls. from nairobi, catherine soi has the story. >> president barack obama received a rousing welcome from thousands of kenyans when invited to hear him speak in this a

price, they are fighting with syrian blood. i think as long as there is no direct impact on this regional act access, i think this will go on for sometime. >> who is truly invested in peace there? >> only syrians are trying to realize the peace that they lost over the past few years. syrians are the only party in this conflict that they are having real interest in ending this conflict and in having this prevail. other than the syrians, i don't see anybody else in the international arena. the americans and russians are under original context the turks and others. >> what are the realistic options for some sort of diplomatic solution ever? >> i have been hearing for the past few weeks actually especially since the regime lost sizeable part of the country over the past months earlier this year in the north and in the south and since isis actually has taken pal palmyra there has been movement between the russians and americans. no success has been made. no progress has been made. penalty putin reaffirmed his original position on ba

more than 1.5 million syrian refugees have fled to turkey.many have lost everything, their homes, their jobs, and in some cases, in the ultimate sign of desperation, syrian families are even prepared to lose their daughters or rather sell them, as our reporter in eastern turkey has been finding out. reporter: 16-year-old nesrin had to flee from her violent turkish husband. now the young woman and her baby are back in safety, in emergency housing with her parents and siblings. nesrin's family comes from syria. a family friend, imam abdurrahim celik is present. otherwise the shy, frightened girl wouldn't speak with us. >> my husband threw me and the baby out on the street. my father-in-law beat me and the child. one time he even held a pistol to my head. reporter: nesrin's parents married her off for the bride price, for money to survive. but the "husband" just wanted a temporary fling. this is not an isolated case. more and more turkish men are paying for a second wife from syria. most don't want it publicized. >> most of these men don't want

more now from kilis in southern turkey on the syrian border. >> the ypg the syrian kurdish fighting force accused the turkish military of targeting their positions inside syria. it's an accusation that turkey denied. but clearly tensions are worsening between these two players. turkey considers the ypg a terrorist organization, and it hasn't been happy with the recent territorial gains that the syrian kurds have been making. it's now controls more than half of the syria-turkey border, and this really has raced a lot of suspicions in turkey. the government believes that the syrian kurds want to create their own state inside syria. and at the same time we heard the syrian kurdish fighting force accuse turkey of declaring war on isil as a cover up to target the kurds instead. it's a very complicated situation, but the turkish prime minister made it clear. he extended a hand to the syrian kurds giving them a set of conditions for them to be part of what he is calling a new syria. but the ypg is just not interested. according to the ypg the turks cannot tell white house we cooperate with on th

. >>> the dispute on the border syrian activists accuse forces pushing people out. >>> and thousandsre falling ill and many are dying from fake or expired medicine. ♪ >>> boko haram gunmen are being blamed for the killing of 140 people in northeast nigeria. several mosques were attacked on wednesday night. 97 adults and children killed there. two others were also attacked in another area and on thursday a bomb went off. our correspondent has the latest from the capitol. >> reporter: some more details are coming out about the nature of these attacks in the northeast. we now know a suicide bomber was behind the attack. and apparently the blast happened a few millimeters away from a mill chair check point. vigilantes who have been supporting the military in operations against boko haram tell us on friday morning, a contend gent of solders left borno state heading to the area to try to investigate what happened. eyewitness accounts are also emerging, and what we're getting is a picture of extreme violence that took place. when boko haram attacked they stormed a mosque where they killed m

syrian refugees living if tenths. there are bed bedoins they are used to a nomadic lifestyle, had a they can't live in official refugee camps that are fenced, they need to continue to live a bedoin and nomadic life title. these tent settlements have been removed that refugees should be either living inside buildings outside refugee camps but this is one of the few tiny communities that have been able to continue the survive by moving around and setting up their tents in different areas every few months. and they're far away from government installations and are not hunted down. now for these people with the crisis entering its fifth year the hope for returning home is dwindling each year. they say they've been here since the beginning of the crisis. so they have been here for at least four years in jordan. a large refugee camp that holds more than 400,000 refugees, the hopes for returning home is just as low in that camp as i explain. they didn't think the conflict in syria would last this long or force this many peop

fighting isil and the syrian government. the u.s., which leads the coalition against isil, has agreed that those opposition groups should be protected. >> the agreement we reached has covered our concerns and expectations to a certain level. i cannot go into details. but an important point was the air cover for the free syrian army. >> reporter: there have been no confirmation from washington, but it is an open secret that turkey is unhappy with the alliance between the coalition. with the help of air strikes the kurds expanded their presence along syria's border with turkey. turkey is worried about this for many reasons. it doesn't want the kurds to inflame separatist sentiments t considers the ypg an offshoot of the pkk the kurdistan worker's party which it declared war o it doesn't want the curveds to kurds the only force to be on the ground to be partners. turkey spelled out the condition they need to meet before it can be part of the new syria. it will need to cut its links with the syrian government. so far the kurds h

he became -- we became the syrian kurd air force.have managed to beat isis in a number of places and the only group that has succeeded. this is what the president referred to when he said with the proper allies, we can beat isis. the other thing that is critical is that there is an operations room in the region. the americans invited a pyd to sit there. what the kurds saw was an alliance between the united states and southern kurds. the syrian kurds steve said they do not want to become more powerful. the turkish decision to open bases was taken before the attack. what the attack in -- did was allow the turks to announce it sooner than they were planning to. the decision was taken before the terrorist attack. charlie: who was responsible for the attack? henri: it looks like it was isis. they have not claimed, but the person who blew himself up had fought with isis in syria and other parts of the southeast with a group of kurds sympathetic to isis. is not the first one. there was a bomb before the elections. the person who blew himsel

aircraft the use of its air base near the syrian border. that deem was struck last week. >> a syrian rebel group claims it shot down a government jet saying the plane came down in syria east of jeddah. the same group posted video of fighting and heavy shelling in jobar. >> it's less than 24 hours since the coalition in yemen began a ceasefire to allow aid in. sawed forces said its forces would react to any large scale action by the houthis but said this doesn't vital the five day ceasefire. >> the united nations human coordinator is blaming all parties in the conflict for the devastation there. he has demanded better access for humanitarian aid and more fund to go rebuild the country. he tweeted the damage to official infrastructure in the whole country including hospitals, schools air and sea ports, mosques and residences is unacceptable and goes against all the responsibilities that parties to the conflict must adhere to under international human law. >> u.s. president barack obama has praised recent advances by somali and african union t

essentially the syrian kurds'air force.ith the help of the american air force that the current -- syrian kurds managed to beat isis. in the only group that has succeeded in beating isis. this is what the president referred to the other day when he said, we have the proper allies, then we can beat isis. one other thing that was very critical, that is the american operations in the region, the americans invited a syrian kurd to sit there. what the kurdistan was an alliance between the united states and syrian kurds. precisely that turkey does not want to become more powerful. those are the things that essentially scared the turks. they did -- the decision to open up the bases with before the terrorist attack. the terrorist attack allowed the turks to announce it sooner than they were planning to. i think they were planning on the end of august heard they did it sooner because of the attack. but the decision was made before. charlie: who was responsible for the terrorist attack? henril:: it looks like it was isis. they have no

be zeina khodr reports from the syrian turkish border. >> syrians nor longer welcomed in raqqa. living under i.s.i.l. these kurds were forced to pledge allegiance to the group. after the kurdish fight be force the ypg advanced towards raqqa i.s.i.l. accused it of coordinating with the coalition. >> they ar grade of the kurds and they are worried about logs raqqa city, i.s.i.l. has been digging trenches around the be city's perimeter. >> reporter: closed the main route i.s.i.l. uses to supply rack ca from turkey. the ypg has no plan to advance towards the mainly arab city. the kurds have said any future battle will have to be let by arab forces to avoid ethnic tensions. those in touch with activate activist forces believes i.s.i.l. could be easily defeated. >> there are mainstream syrian opposition groups in the area who are ready to fight i.s.i.l. in raqqa but they need air support and the coalition doesn't seem willing to support them. the coalition only sports the kurds. >> reporter: many syrians have started to question the coalition between the coalition the opposition and t

it will need to cut links with the syrian government. so far the kurds refused to join forces with the main rebel movements, particularly those backed by turkey. that is not all. the y perform g is a -- y.p.g. is accusing turkey of attacking groups across the border. it's accused turkey of declaring war on i.s.i.l. as a cover up to launch war on the kurds in turkey and syria. >> they are trying to use the coalition against d.a.e.s.h. to target the political parties. and this is something - is unacceptable. we have to differentiate between the terrorists and the political movement and demand for humanitarian rights. >> turkey decided to militarily engage i.s.i.l. the decision to target the p.k.k. is causing controversy. turkey is an active player on the battlefield where another frontline is emerging. >>> syrian military air strikes struck parts of the damascus countryside in the east. six were killed in eastern huta. the syrian government has had the area sieged for more than 2.5 years. >>> in yemen the saudi-led coalition and houthi fig

additionally more than 156,000 syrians found in egypt there are 270,000 syrian asylum seekers in europent to the refugee camp in jordan and sent us this report. >> reporter: four million and counting refugees in jordan camps did not think the conflict in syria would last this long or force this many people out of their country. she is one of the camp's oldest residence and say 2 1/2 years later he finally adjusted to life as a refugee but had this reaction when we told him the number of refugees in the region had reached four million. >> translator: this is a disaster. it means the entire population will eventually be displaced and this makes me feel our conflict will drag on for years and return to syria as soon as possible. >> reporter: from the camp's oldest residents to the newest arrivals some lived in the camp before deciding to survive on his own in the jordan border town but he returned to the camp two months ago. >> translator: i left the camp because my children couldn't survive the scorching heat of the summer in a tent and had to pay rent and it us with so expendsive and we

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it will need to cut its links with the syrian government. so far the kurds have refused to join forces with the main rebel movement particularly those backed by turkey. that's not all. the ypg is now accusing turkey of repeatedly attacking their units across the border, an allegation turkey denies. they accused turkey of declaring war on isil as a coverup to launch war against the kurds in turkey and syria. >> they are trying to use the coalition against dash for the political parties and this is something unacceptable. because we have to differentiate between the terrorists and the political movements that demand for humanitarian rights. >> turkey decided to engage isil a few days ago. but its decision to target the pkk is causing the most controversy. turkey is an active player where yet another front line seems to be emerging. >> meanwhile syrian military air strikes struck part of the countryside. six people were killed, several others were wounded. >>> we are getting reports of an explosion in bahrain. it happened on the island of sitra

this unverified outage is a syrian town. washington has been providing air support as they fight aground or. >> there is concern that the u.s. coalition airstrikes have effectively enabled kurdish fighters to reinforce and endeavor to create a coalition nation. >> that kurdish state could include parts of turkey. it has been fighting separatist for decades. the government seized the islamic state as twin evils. turkey's bombing campaign against the kurds risk stirring up ethnic tensions at home. for the violent protest, one of many recently. the government could face bigger kurdish protesters fighting both the kurds and i asked. they say turkey is already bombing them. it could pour oil on the higher. sarah: what exactly would that look like? there had been reports that they are already targeting the kurds in that area. >> syrian kurds are suspicious of this proposal because of the territory being proposed device to key regions. it been trying very hard to connect. there is a great deal of skepticism about this. added to the

is on the syrian side and we protect our own borders. i.s.i.l. is preparing for war - planting explosives and digging trenches. fears that could be a planned offensive from syrian kurdish fighters. >> many believe it's a matter of time before the syrian town becomes a battle ground, and that will be decisive. it could change the front lines and the balance of power in territories outside the control of the government in northern syria. the kurds now control 400 of the 900km border between syria and turkey, from iraq to the town of kobane, further west. they want to link the territory to the kurdish enclave. that means they'd have to push west towards jer ab lose. the kurds would have to capture i.s.i.l. controlled villages and advance beyond mada to where syrian opposition groups are strong. if they succeed, they control the syrian border with turkey and the main supply routes used by opposition forces. turkey would see it as a threat. not just because it supports the syrian rebel groups but the y.p.g. the kurdish group has been an issue in turke

it doesn't want the syrian kurds to extend control of territory and it doesn't want the syrian oppositionto be weakened by isil. so the area behind me is really where the focus of turkish air strikes have been, they want to clear this area from isil. protect the syrian rebel forces and not allow the kurds to to expand territory. according to prime minister this has been agreed with wash, with. we are see turkey actively inning gaming in the fight against the armed group but no official confirmation from the coalition and the u.s. >> thank you for that zeina khodr. >>> let's stay in turkey, a police officer has been shot dead at the funeral for a left wing activist in istanbul. suspected of being a member of the banned far left revolutionary people's liberation party front of the she was killed during a country-wide raid by security force on his friday. it's unclear who fired the shot that killed the policeman. >>> syria's military setbacks have prompted renewed support from its main allies. lebanon and hezbollah. for the first time since the war began he said his army is struggling to con

this unverified outage is a syrian town. washington has been providing air support as they fight aground or. >> there is concern that the u.s. coalition airstrikes have effectively enabled kurdish fighters to reinforce and endeavor to create a coalition nation. >> that kurdish state could include parts of turkey. it has been fighting separatist for decades. the government seized the islamic state as twin evils. turkey's bombing campaign against the kurds risk stirring up ethnic tensions at home. for the violent protest, one of many recently. the government could face bigger kurdish protesters fighting both the kurds and i asked. they say turkey is already bombing them. it could pour oil on the higher. sarah: what exactly would that look like? there had been reports that they are already targeting the kurds in that area. >> syrian kurds are suspicious of this proposal because of the territory being proposed device to key regions. it been trying very hard to connect. there is a great deal of skepticism about this. added to the

turkish military position overlooks a syrian border town controlled by isil. this is along the last stretch of territory isil holds along turkey's border with syria. the group's presence extends south to aleppo province. turkey reached an agreement with the u.s. to defeat isil in northwest syria. there's still no agreement on which syrian opposition groups they will support in the joint fight. the syrian kurdish fighting force, the ypg, backed by the coalition is positioned just a few kilometers behind that bridge. it says it's ready to advance, but turkey does not consider them as partners. the u.s. however, backs the ypg with air strikes. this allowed the group to control more than half of syria's border with turkey. turkey is concerned that the kurds plan to carve out their own place in the area and that's why it made clear the decision to allow u.s. jets to take off from his territory does not involve helping what it calls a terrorist organization. >> translator: this has been brought to the attention of the united states. within this context giving air su

he's a former syrian military photographer. last year he appeared before the u.s. congress after defecting with more than 50,000 images of torture. although syria dismissed them as forgeries, the fbi and several independent groups are convinced they are authentic. a sample on display by the u.s. holocaust museum was put on display. a form he detainee, described how he had to walk over dead bodies to be questioned and tortured. >> it took them five hours of beating me to get tired. >> he identified two photos that were never involved. a senior republican politician says america lost its moral clarity two years ago by backing off military action in response to the first confirmed reports of syrian chemical weapons attacks. >> that was a moment in time for us as a nation to step forward with an operation that could have greatly changed the momentum. >> another condemned the decision to restrict u.s. aid to syrian opposition fighters. >> we are training people and the plans are to train many more, send them into syria to fight only isis and not even vow to protect them

we have this report from the syrian-turkish border. >> they have been expelled from their homes syrian kurds are no longer welcome in isil's capital city. families moved north to the border town which was under isil's control only two weeks ago. living under size as i will, these kurds were forced to pledge allegiance to the group. after the kurdish fighting force, the y.p.g. advanced. >> they gave us 24 hours to leave or else they would behead us. they are afraid of the kurds and they are worried about losing raqqa city. isil has been digging trenches around the cities perimeter. >> the y.p.g. with the help of j led colation airstrikes closed the main route isil uses to supply raqqa from turkey. it's main strong hold is far from being under siege. the y.p.g. has nolan to advance toward the mainly arab city. the kurds have said any future battle would have to be led by arab force to say avoid ethnic tensions. those in contact with a network of activists who prayed secretly believe isil can be easily defeated if the coalition cooperates with syrian rebels. >> y.p.g. is not interested in

he heads the opposition syrian turkmen assembly fighting force in aleppo cooperates with the free syrian> translator: we are not just fighting isil, but the ypg as well. the ypg changed the.coming afy, and we believe they will do the same in other areas. the region should be under fsa forces who are mainly turkmen who are from the area. >> reporter: there is a powerful opposition alliance in aleppo, but it includes the al-qaeda-linked al-nusra front. the coalition won't work with them. there is an agreement to train and equip a moderate rebel force, but fewer than 60 men are in the program because of strict vetting requirements by washington and while there is a deal to take on isil, there is still uncertainty surrounding the operation. >>> the british government has apologized to the well-known chinese artist for rejecting his visa application because of an alleged criminal conviction. the u.k. reversed its decision and granted the artist six months on visa. it earlier said it was denying him a visa because he failed to disclose a criminal conviction on his application. his lawyer said

he heads the opposition syrian turkman assembly who's fighting force cooperates with the free syriane says they are cooperating so they can recapture their villages and return home. we are not just fighting isil but the ypg as well. the ypg changes the democracy and we believe they will do the same. the region should be under fsa forces who are mainly turkmen who are from the area. >> reporter: this is a powerful opposition alliance in aleppo battling isil and the syrian government but it includes the al-qaeda-linked front. there is a turkey agreement to train a moderate rebel force but months later, fewer than 60 men are in the program because of strict vetting requirements by washington and while there is a deal to take on isil there is still uncertainty surrounding the operation. southern turkey. >> one of the world's most complex border disputes is set to end on friday. more than 50,000 stateless people locked between india and bangladesh will have a state. the two countries are exchange 162 enclaves. the people of these enclaves couldn't choose local schools, clinics nor the uti

it is also worried about what it sees in the growing strength of syrian kurds. >> now syrian kurds control half of the border with turkey. turkey said it would an red line if kurds create a state in northernin the region. >> turkey does not want the ypg to take mortar tore. now the u.s. and turkey are working together to clear aleppo from isil. >> turkey's fear is that syrian kurds or isil could drive out syrian opposition groups from aleppo and control the important border crossing. it is no coincidence that turkish jets targeted isil close with the turkey-backed syrian rebels. it is hoping that the long-time demand for the safe sown inside syria will emerge. >> i think the aim is to get rid of the imthreat in syria and iraq. after that the safe zones will be formed naturally. >> but this may come at a price. the peace process seems to have officially ended and turkish police have recently conducted raids against hundreds of suspected pkk and isil sympathizers. it seems that the government believes there could be attempts to destabilize turkey from within. >> what are you action are you h

says the number of syrian refugees now exceeds 4 million, making it the biggest syrian refugee crisis a further 7.5 million are displaced inside syria. >>> head of the catholic church is preparing to give mass in latin america's poorest country. let's take you there. live pictures of santa cruz where there are massive crowds there to see the pope. obviously that is not the pope but they are preparing for the pontiff to come to the podium. he is trying to highlight the issue of poverty on this trip to bolivia there >>> china's stock market has bounced back slightly after the government stepped in to ban large sales. over the past three weeks more than $3 trillion have been wiped off of the market. many who lost money are small investors who saw their savings wiped out. >> reporter: early in his career this man worked in america's silicon valley. ten years ago he moved home to china. he invested in the stock market. in the recent sharp downturn in the markets he has lost over $100,000, but he is not ready to cash in his remaining stock. >> where else can i put it? i don't want it to sit

and the syrian government. turkey's prime minister says they have agreed that those opposition groups should be protected. the agreement we reached has covered our concerns and expectations up to a certain level i cannot go into details but for example an important point was the air cover for free syrian army and the armies against daesh. there is no confirmation from washington but open secret that turkey is unhappy with the alliance between the kurdish and the ypg. expanded its cover along syria's border with turkey. doesn't want to have the kurds create a state among its own kurdish population, the pkk which it has declared war on and more importantly it doesn't want the kurds to be the only force ton ground to be partners with the coalition. turkey has spelled out the conditions. the ypg needs to meet before it can be part of what the prime minister called the new syria. it will need to cut its links with the syrian government and cooperate with syrian groups. particularly those backed by turkey. that's not

and the syrian government. the prime minister says they have agreed that those opposition groups should be protected. the agreement we reached has covered our concerns and expectations up to a certain level. i cannot go into details but for example an important point was the air cover for freams free syrian army and other groups who fight against daesh. it is an open secret that turkey is not happy with the loins the kurds have expand he theired their borders. it doesn't want the kurds to create a state and inflamed separatist it also considers the ypg and offshoot of the pkk the kurdistan workers party which it has declared war on and more importantly it doesn't want the kurds to be the only force on the ground to be partners with the coalition. turkey has spelled out the conditions the ypg needs to meet before it can be part of what the prime minister called the new syria. it will need to cut its links with the syrian government and cooperate with opposition groups. so far the kurds have refused to joijjoined