of course the syrian national army. that what we call the syrian national army during the only grandchild operation we have lost $52.00 of our army members and also the syrian national army lost $403.00 soldiers. during that operation we have neutralized. over 4600 terrorists as you see turkey never used terror organizations in syria we always crush them today they keep telling us after this bring peace bring operation what are we going to do with the isis prisoners 1st of all. we we always keep our responsibilities we don't want isis to be a trouble to us and also. we don't want. them to trouble europe either accordingly any in any region the find if we find any isis members we will do whatever it's needed we are going to keep to the ones. we are going to we're going to put the ones in prison they were going to be kept in prison and the ones that are accepted by their countries will go back to their countries. after taking control of this area everyone can be a short rest assured that isis can no longer take any action

syria they would take these people and put different uniform and there and create a column syrian national army most of the syrian national army the syrian national council of the syrian groups opposition are mostly terrorist group that turkey funds and support and these are the same troop that isis today exist and their critics jails right now they're the ones there will be creating terror acts so throughout the world again donald trump would be responsible in turkey the 2nd in the international community for not acting he's saying that he's going to take them to our places that is not correct many time donald trump said something and he did something else so you cannot really believe what he says and he more friends or foes don't trust his word anymore he is defeating united states prestige and obama started by eroding america of christie each as a superpower and donald trump is finished and that is worse than obama. just look at the wider picture you mention the international community the u.n. security council set to meet on this issue we have unity from countries on this issue urging restr

the movement of the syrian national army affiliated with the armed opposition has started to. began to move from one of the turkish camps where such forces are gathered to ship that. they will enter syria towards the areas where the turkish army have made progress near tel. aviv at the same time hundreds of free syria army fighters are moving to the time. you have a look at the damage in the cording to the armed opposition the goal is to 1st bring order to the areas that have been captured and 2nd many of the fighters belonging to the areas they're heading to such as tell. our. they say that their families want to go back to their homes this is an addition to turkey's interest in sending more refugees to their own homes and to control its own borders. well as we mentioned there has been international outcry against turkey's military operation. bowl on how the turkish president is responding to his critics. turkey's present reject a paradigm is not about the lack of international support his armies military operation in north of syria to establish a safe zone today again slamme

kilometer safe zone which turkey wants to establish on the border it shares with area the syrian national army a group of fighters backed by turkey say there would have been more casualties if the blast had happened during rush hour. so. the car exploded and we had a lot of. them to the hospital the area here is for civilians there are shops here and are working very. dirty says it's defused hundreds of homemade bombs and minds in the areas cleared and its military denies allegations by kurdish fighters of advancing in 3 villages outside the ceasefire zone kurdish forces have asked western allies including the u.s. to stop what they called the ceasefire violations in a change in the kurds military commander has thanked for the russian and u.s. presidents and assured them of support despite the fact that the 2 governments are on opposing sides of the syrian conflict. and as u.s. senators reiterated their support for the kurdish commander the turkish president has warned against what he called sitting down but terrorists. also criticize nato allies for not standing with him against a group the a

defenses of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as the turkish army advances into northeast syria on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition syrian national army pushed a few kilometers deep capturing several villages in mainly spare sleep populated areas the s. the f. is outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in the nato alliance but kurdish led forces are putting up resistance promising to make any battle long and hard the flap to rain however will make it difficult to hold their ground in the face of heavy firepower their media focus of turkey's air and ground operation is a 100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of primates to the border town of russell and to the east it is an area the u.s. military would drew from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure are not the targets of the campaign thousands of syrians are already on the move fleeing hostilities which

kilometer safe zone which turkey wants to establish on the border it shares with syria the syrian national army a group of fighters backed by turkey say there would have been more casualties if the blast had happened during rush hour so. the car exploded and we had a lot of. them to the hospital area here is for civilians there are shops here and are working very. dirty says it's defused hundreds of homemade bombs and mines in the areas of cleared and its military denies allegations by kurdish fighters of advancing in 3 villages outside the ceasefire zone kurdish forces have asked western allies including the u.s. to stop what they called the ceasefire violations in a change in the kurds military commander has thanked for the russian and u.s. presidents and assured them of support despite the fact that the 2 governments are on opposing sides of the syrian conflict. and as u.s. senators reiterated their support for the kurdish commander the turkish president has warned against what he called sitting down with terrorists. who are also criticize nato allies for not standing with him against a grou

syrian border town that. seems to be the next target of the turkish army what we understand is that army soldiers as well as their local allies the syrian opposition national army they are advancing towards tel aviv from the east and the west so the turkish army heavily bombarding the f. 4 s. the f. pritish as the air forces retaliate thing they have launched rockets into this town where we are 17 turkish civilians were wounded this operation is ongoing the defense ministry saying that so far it has been smooth as their initial targets have been have been captured but they managed to push a few kilometers into northeast syria but it seems that for the time being at least the s.d.f. is putting up a fight we understand that they have put a lot of booby traps so the army is you know advancing slowly so an ongoing operation with with a stepped up military activity over the past few hours of course they seem to be very specific in the strategy that they're using with regards to this operation the turks have been very careful not to be accused of. the moment this is just an operation there is a clear distinction. well yes the turkish government has repeated this

is currently in the syrian national army a coming every inch of the control and clearing traps but if they come across. any terrorists in the syria it is our natural right to crush them it is so in right. under the deal reached between russia and turkey russian troops have been patrolling more areas in the northeast moscow is sending hundreds of more troops to police the new territory it's taken on behalf of the government russia's defense ministry says it will be establishing 15 security posts along the border which will be run by syrian government forces as the clock ticks down on the 60 hiatus between turkey and russia what countries have warned kurdish fighters to be drug within 30 kilometers inside syrian territory moscow says the big draw has already begun and as battle lines become drawn and redrawn millions of syrians hold their breath as arabs and kurds they are waiting for peace to come to the various so they can return home some of the al-jazeera a chocolate on the turkey syria border british prime minister boris johnson has called for m.p.'s to approve a snap election in d

kilometer safe zone which turkey wants to establish on the border it shares with syria the syrian national army a group of fighters backed by turkey say there would have been more casualties if the blast had happened during rush hour so. the car exploded and we had a lot of. them to the hospital area here is for civilians there are shops here and are working very. dirty says it's defused hundreds of homemade bombs and mines in the areas of cleared and its military denies allegations by kurdish fighters of advancing in 3 villages outside the ceasefire zone kurdish forces have asked western allies including the u.s. to stop what they called the ceasefire violations in a change in the kurds military commander has thanked for the russian and u.s. presidents and assured them of support despite the fact that the 2 governments are on opposing sides of the syrian conflict. and as u.s. senators reiterated their support for the kurdish commander the turkish president has warned them against what he called sitting down with terrorists. who are also criticize nato allies for not standing with him against a

kilometer safe zone which turkey wants to establish on the border it shares with syria the syrian national army a group of fighters backed by turkey say there would have been more casualties if the blast had happened during rush hour so. the car exploded and we had a lot of. them to the hospital area here is for civilians there are shops here and are working very. dirty says it's defused hundreds of homemade bombs and minds in the areas of cleared and its military denies allegations by kurdish fighters of advancing in 3 villages outside the ceasefire zone kurdish forces have asked western allies including the u.s. to stop what they called ceasefire violations in a change of tone the kurds military commander has thanked for the russian and u.s. presidents and assured them of support despite the fact that the 2 governments are on opposing sides of the syrian conflict. and as u.s. senators reiterated their support for the kurdish commander the turkish president has warned against what he called sitting down but terrorists. also criticize nato allies for not standing with him against a group the al

kilometer safe zone which turkey wants to establish on the border it shares with syria the syrian national army a group of fighters backed by turkey say there would be more casualties if the blast had happened during rush hour. so. the car exploded and we had a lot of. them to the hospital the area here is for civilians there are shops here and are working very. dirty says it's defused hundreds of homemade bombs and minds in the areas and its military denies allegations by kurdish fighters of advancing in 3 villages outside the ceasefire zone kurdish forces have asked western allies including the u.s. to stop what they call the ceasefire violations in a change in the kurds military commander has thanked for the russian and u.s. presidents and assured them of support despite the fact that the 2 governments are on opposing sides of the syrian conflict. and as u.s. senators reiterated their support for the kurdish commander the turkish president has warned against what he called sitting down with terrorists. also criticize nato allies for not standing with him against a group the alliance itself r

sources have told al jazeera the turkish backed syrian national army is preparing to participate in the offensive troops are said to storm areas controlled by the syrian democratic forces and. in towns the s n a is an opposition group including syrian arab and syrian rebels operation in the northwestern region while our correspondents and is. on the tacky syrian border saying that the tax have been saying their offensive is going well and the kurds are saying there are ongoing heavy clashes in some of those syrian villages so how heavy has the fighting been and what exactly are the tax targeting. well like you mentioned the turkish defense ministry saying that the operation is going as planned and that initial targets have been captured it didn't provide any more details but this is only day 2 of this operation and according to sources close to the government and the military this is going to take some time because the yes the if the kurdish left was preparing for this and they have to defend their territory and they've really vowed to put up a fight them that's what they have been doin

syria so that 6 pack to to continue today the turkish army get support from an anchor a backed syrian opposition fighter group called the syrian national army so in terms of manpower and equipment the turkish side is clearly outnumbering outgunning the syrian kurdish fighters but these fighters there in northeast syria have also said they are determined to fight back until the very end to defend the territory so this is likely not going to be a swift and smooth military operation there but rather another stage in syria's 8 year war. so the kurdish forces in northeastern syria they are holding thousands of fighters in detention what is going to happen to those fighters well that's a big question and that's also a big concern us said will president trump said it's now europe and turkey has responsibility to take care of these fighters and the families not just the fighters but also thousands of their families women and children are being held the big concern is what happens just like you were saying what happens when why p.g. has to pull out its fighters there to bring them to fight against turkey so a lot of europeans and of course the

strikes president announced the offensive into tweets the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched operation peace spring against the p.k. k y p g and terrorists in northern syria our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across the southern border and to bring peace to the area operation peace spring will neutralize terrorist threats against turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone facilitating the return of syrian refugees to their homes we will preserve syria's territorial integrity and liberate local communities from terrorists. let's bring in your. foreign policy spokesman for the conservative party is in the german parliament we just heard in that tweet that he says it is preserving its country's territorial integrity does it have the right to do that in this way we have huge concerns concerning that military operation every military operation because the reason risk of a new escalation military escalation in the region and this might poison all my tom the peace process of the small about growing peace process ongoing in geneva with

to one has not ruled out further military strikes sharing to us you know our soldiers and syrian national army up are trolling the area of operation inch by inch and they are destroying the traps if any of these terrorists come across us there is no natural right to crush them as it is already marked in written documents wheels alucard are used the president also said he would send syrian refugees in turkey to your up. they panic when i say we'll open the gates to just don't panic. well when the time comes the gates can be opened. which is it's a threat he has made before to silence criticism of turkey's offense of the words of a nato member there we'll talk about that i'm joined now by our correspondent in brussels teri schultz terry is covering the nato summit force good evening to you terry so what was it like today when all of the nato defense ministers when they came together was was turkey the black sheep in the room and what about the u.s. was there criticism of what the u.s. did withdrawing its troops from northern syria. well brant i'm told that everyone around the room all the allies

fighters from the syrian national army many of them are islamists. who support the turkish army in northern syria and are taking part in the salt on the kurdish militia e.g. including the street fighting in the border city of russell i.e. in. the turkish army is also bombing kurdish forces with artillery. doctors describe the situation as a humanitarian emergency and are calling for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor out of the city for the injured. u.s. vice president mike pence met with turkish president richard type. the u.s. delegation hopes to convince everyone to declare a cease fire the turkish president had previously stated he would only talk with the us president. he may have changes to. however he's shown no sign of willingness to stop the assault on kurdish troops and there's been no word of progress after the meeting. meanwhile damascus in moscow are changing the facts on the ground in syria. assad's troops have entered the town of call bani after kurdish fighters called for help. there accompanied by russian forces who are wor

unannounced the offensive into tweets before the strikes the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched operation peace spring against the p.k. k y p g and diet. straight to turkey that day w correspondent dorian jones joins us from istanbul welcome dorian as a tell us more about the turkish military operation. well there has been this ongoing bombardment from the air within hours of the announcement of the operation jets have been relentlessly pounding towns across the syrian border here at least 4 possibly 5 towns have been struck took issue tillery 2 have been bombarding the area along with mortar fire there have been some reports that the syrian kurdish forces have retaliated using small fire and mortars attacking nearby turkish border towns and this is just the very beginning of what is seen the turkish forces are laying the ground for a major ground offensive possibly they can start at night in the early hours of the morning part of a very major operation that turkey has been planning for many months i what are you hearing from northern syria. well it's very difficul

they are due on has not ruled out further military strikes sure you are our soldiers and syrian national army up are trolling the area of operation inch by inch and they are destroying the traps if any of these terrorists come across us there is no natural right to crush them as it is already marked in written documents we as alucard are used the president also said he would send syrian refugees in turkey to your up. they panic when i say we'll open the gates. don't panic. when the time comes the gates can be opened. so it's a thrash he is made before to silence criticism of turkey's offense of. well let's bring in our correspondent now tara schultz who is joining us from brussels terry as we heard. has just finished his press conference what did he have to say. what secretary-general stolzenberg can say is basically that there are different views within the alliance of course you have turkey on one side saying that its operations inside northern syria were completely legitimate that it has security concerns that everybody recognizes and that there was no way to satisfy these security concern

obviously not true he's claimed that he's doing it in alliance with the quote unquote the syrian national army it's not syrian and it's not the national army these are these are terrorist forces that are under the leadership and paid and promoted by turkey so it's one lie after another . the clear and simple situation is that turkey is invading northern syria and carrying out or trying to carry out a land grab. donald trump threaten to obliterate his economy for ducks out of town on twitter now we have to take anything with the trump says with a pinch of salt but what do you think his actions will be with regards to a country supposed to be a nato member and an ally well in fact they did the trump trump did take economic measures that hurt the hurt or hurt the turkish economy severely in the past and and so that is something that he can do they're doing that to many countries around the world in fact there's there's a call in congress for sanctions on turkey that. being promoted by by 2 senators right now. right investigative journalist on syria solidarity movement stunning thanks for joining

kilometer safe zone which turkey wants to establish on the border it shares with syria the syrian national army a group of fighters backed by turkey say there would have been more casualties if the blast had happened during rush hour so. the car exploded and we had a lot of army brought them to the hospital area here is for civilians there are shops here and are working very korea. 30 says it's defused hundreds of homemade bombs and minds in the areas of cleared and its military denies allegations by kurdish fighters of advancing in 3 villages outside the ceasefire zone kurdish forces have asked western allies including the u.s. to stop what they called certain ceasefire violations in a change of tone the kurds military commander has thanked for the russian and u.s. presidents and assured them of support despite the fact that the 2 governments are on opposing sides of the syrian conflict. and as u.s. senators reiterated their support for the kurdish commander the turkish president has warned against what he called sitting down with terrorists. who are also criticize nato allies for not standing

clashes erupted between the turkish back syrian national army the opposition group and the s.d.f. on the outskirts of i know he said and members. in the meantime as the s.d.f. fighters pull out syrian government troops are redeploying taken over more territory. you know me. and the rest of our redeployment will continue until we reach the iraqi border god willing we will rescue people from the turkish invasion and terrorist groups. but on the ground it's russia and turkey the top of the upper hand the support of a groups in syria but banners over the last few years to set aside their differences and broker a deal to end the syrian conflict turkey wants to establish the observation post in the safe zone warning that any push by the syrian government or the to move to the area will be met by force. or just going to alter his border with syria. a british m.p.'s have given the green light for a general election on december 12th in the hopes of ending the impasse of a brazen prime minister barak's chance in leeds a minority government and is hoping to secure a majority in parliament ree

would which have been a which have been under control of the interim government's national army syrian oppositions national army during this operation piece the ring and the foreign ministers that through this operate this deal actually prove that the operation piece of brain was illegitimate tookey has been saying that the reason for this operation was its legitimate security concerns and now they believe that both the u.s. and russia understand and accept that those legitimate concerns of turkey what they call of course turkey and russia are expected to begin joint patrols after 120 hours and victor clock started ticking like one hour and 15 minutes ago the white b.g. has the full of withdrawal from this 30 kilometer deep designated safe zone and besides the to lobby out anderson i and other places are going to be controlled by russia and the syrian regime mainly come a show and men bitch and i in and out up but of course turkey is still turkey still has some obstacles i had because one thing is a reality that no one everybody's trying to ignore turkey recognizes. it's organization a

the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched operation peace spring against the p.k. k y p g and terrorists in northern syria our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across the southern border and to bring peace to the area operation peace spring will neutralize terrorist threats against turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone facilitating the return of syrian refugees to their homes we will preserve syria's territorial integrity and liberate local communities from terrorists are let's take the story now to turkey our correspondent dorian jones is standing by in istanbul good evening to you dorian what kind of operation are we looking at here dorian we just saw in that tweet from richard the goal here is to neutralize terrorist threats but is he talking about the terrorists being the kurds or is he talking about the terrorists being the isis prisoners that are in the area . you speak to touch officials they'll say it's both but let's be clear the primary optics of this operation is to drive back the syrian kurdish milit

now from the turkey syria border they marched toward battle the turkish backed opposition syrian national army advance started northern city of them but the syrian army reached their 1st it is believed that it is a small unit that drives nevertheless it is a claim to territory they were invited by the kurdish syrian democratic forces who turned to differ when former the united states decided not to support the s.t.'s in the face of a turkish led military operation and instead decided to end its military presence in syria the syrian army's entry to members however may not mean the battle is over . we were about to implement our decision on monday as you know our mutual agreement with the us regarding the city was that terrorist organizations were going to evacuate mondays within 90 days but a year has passed and members has not been evacuated when it is evacuated so we as turkey will not be going there the rightful owners are brother and of the ones who will be going. it's another turning point in syria's war a sudden change in alliances has allowed the government to restore a sortie in the nor

between the towns of tel aviv and russell lane where turkish backed out of fighters called the syrian national army are placed on the outskirts of the very as we've been hearing about fighting that continues not just between the kurdish fighters and syrian rebels but also between syrian government forces who also been taking advantage of this pause and refortified for $44.00 defying their positions around this area so it is going to be very interesting in the next few days as we have because we haven't heard about the rules of engagement of what is it that turkey is going to do once and if it finds any kurdish rebels on that side will address them will attack them i mean if we have seen a lot of rhetoric coming from turkish officials saying that they will be removed in the words of president of the on by any means big or without his allies and then again it here in turkey people are also looking towards the united states that who said the u.s. president said that yes he has pulled out of this area but he wants a permanent cease fire no escalation of violence or he could reimpose economic sanctions

supply line so it's strategic for all parties to want to capture a few hours ago the opposition syrian national army which is backed by turkey and now it's the start of the battle and as they advance towards the the city the syrian army entered the city from from another and transport what we understand is that the army it wasn't a very big but tally and it was a symbolic force basically laying claim to territory but there are clashes on the edges of the city the u.s. decision to leave and its military presence in northeast syria really created a vacuum and there's more than one player in this conflict so there is that potential for conflict. that is if russia which is a main power broker in syria is unable to find some sort of a deal between damascus or ankara or divide really the spoils of of the end of the u.s. presence. so how do you read the significance of the government's return to the northeast of syria and also if you can tell us a little about the humanitarian impact that all of this is having. well for the 1st time since 2013 the syrian government returned to the north east of syria it wa

by its allies the united states and it was under attack by turkey and its local allies the syrian national army turkey considers the as the f a terrorist organization that this is just a front for the syrian kurdish armed group the why p.g. and so turkey believes its incursion into syria is part of a counterterrorism operation so the s.d.f. really had no other choice but to strike a deal with the government a russian brokered deal whereby they will hand over their remaining areas to the government but this is going to cause problems because the opposition for example is now saying no we will not accept the town of members to be handed over back to the government we will fight and they are sending troops to the frontline the syrian army for its part saying that it is sending troops to the north of the country to quote to stop the the turkish invasion so the situation is quite tense on the ground it's not clear whether it will lead to further conflict or whether a negotiated back door deals are being made on the what the map is changing in north eastern syria turkey and its syrian allies are movi

defenses of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as the turkish army advances into northeast syria on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition syrian national army pushed a few kilometers deep capturing several villages in mainly spare sleep populated areas the s. the f. is outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in the nato alliance but kurdish led forces are putting up resistance promising to make any battle long and hard the flat terrain however will make it difficult to hold their ground in the face of heavy firepower their media focus of turkey's air and ground operation is a 100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of tell me to the border town of ras al-ain to the east it is an area of the u.s. military withdrew from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure are not the targets of the campaign thousands of syrians are already on the move fleeing hostilities which a

is a new honda with the very latest they march toward battle the turkish backed opposition syrian national armyadvance started northern city of members but the syrian army reached there 1st it is believed that it is a small unit that arrived nevertheless it is a claim to territory they were invited by the kurdish led syrian democratic forces who turned to damascus when former life the united states decided not to support the s.t.'s in the face of a turkish led military operation and instead decided to end its military presence in syria the syrian army's entry to members however may not mean the battle is over . we are about to implement our decision on monday as you know our mutual agreement with the us regarding the city was that terrorist organizations were going to evacuate members within 90 days but a year has passed and members has not been evacuated when it is evacuated we talk he will not be going there the rightful owners are brother and are the ones who will be going mad. it's another turning point in syria's war a sudden change in alliances has allowed the government to restore a soro

turkish military campaign now so far turkish army as well as their local allies the opposition syrian national army they haven't entered built up areas what we understand is that they know that the s. the f. have placed booby traps so this is not going to be an easy fight the as the f. is promising that this is going to be a long and difficult battle and then they have put up some resistance but the end of the day we have to remember that the s. the f. is outgunned it's outnumbered it's up against nato has a 2nd largest army and of course turkey has the superiority in the skies and the s.d.f. for what the turkish government believes is really just a cover for the y.p. geo group it considers a terrorist organization. he did not have an take aircraft weapons so this is day 2 of this operation it may take more time but it is moving ahead of course as you talk about the very clear strategy that the turks have in terms of this offensive zaina they're also very mindful of the civilian populations that are also in those areas because any injury to those will of course exacerbate sort of the the dilemma th

which will be backed by the free syrian army who merged and there and national army by the internal syrian opposition government indeed don't go too far away so they will be coming back to you straight away because they will cross over to complete help get our white house correspondent in d.c. and of course kimberly we were just speaking earlier about this whole situation is very complicated political and military jigsaw puzzle that we see in syria politicians and certainly the oval office will be watching very carefully about where turkey targets its military new missions and its personnel. yeah and it will also be officials in the pentagon that will also be watching very carefully and there will be deep disappointment with the developments that we are reporting on given the fact that the pentagon has been trying for some time to talk turkey out of invading northeast syria in fact in a pentagon statement that we had on monday it says that the pentagon does not endorse a turkish military operation into syria we will not support it so obviously the advice of the united states has not been h

south of the towns of the lobby and rough terrain fighters who formed a coalition called the syrian national army or s. and they deny they are making any territorial gains for he was over there he says 5 soldiers were wounded in attacks record as fighters were reportedly being backed by syrian government forces although no one has claimed responsibility turkish military sources accuse the kurds of carrying out 4 bombings in the last 4 days within a safe zone. the fighting is happening despite an agreement for a 6 day pause forces loyal to syria's president bashar al assad have moved into towns and villages outside of the 30 kilometer boundary agreed by russia and turkey and russian military police as well as soldiers from chechnya patrolling areas and the kurdish controlled. they are implementing the agreement under which the kurds will leave their positions inside the safe zone 30 is a nato member and its dealings with russia in syria have not been welcomed by many of its western allies for arriving in ankara germany's foreign minister called turkey's offensive against the kurds and invasion as

behalf of turkey an organization called the syrian national army that basically turkey's proxy as opposedto the us proxy which is the s.d.f. and so we've got a conflict going on between 2 organizations that are very difficult to control because they're not national actors nevertheless i think that turkey has the capability to bring this relatively narrow strip of land under its control in a matter of weeks or months but in the longer term it will need to consider very seriously the offers being made certainly by iran and possibly by russia to come to some form of a longer term agreement and i think turkey would be wise to achieve that agreement using those 2 interlocutors with the syrian government so that the problem with maintaining security the problem in taining borders will fall to the syrian army does allowing turkey to declare mission accomplished and return its army to its own territory which is something that i know that the army and the turkish government probably want to do in the long term anyway. ashraf always interesting and informative speaking to you thank you for your tim

hasn't been an easy fight for several days turkish troops and their allies the opposition syrian national army have pushed into the northeastern corner of syria they now say they are in control of one of 2 main towns along the 120 kilometer stretch of territory they plan to capture in the 1st phase of this operation. has fallen they've also advanced 30 kilometers deep reaching the highway that connects west and east syria effectively dividing the territory under the control of the. positions of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are coming under heavy fire but an incident close to a u.s. outpost along the border has added to tensions between turkey and the united states which said its forces were close to being hit by turkish artillery fire turkey's defense minister a car denies his troops targeted the position saying they were responding to fire 1000 meters away the new front in syria's war is worsening relations between the nato allies which have long been strained at the pentagon. it was more blunt calling them damaged international pressure is mounting on turkey to stop the advance t

on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition syrian national army pushed a few kilometers south capturing a number of villages despite being outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in nato the kurdish led s.d.s. falsies are resisting. that there are civilian casualties on the turkish flag at the border to. the government says a number of people including this 9 month old baby who were killed by s.d.f. artillery the turkish military says the 1st phase of its air and ground operation is 100 kilometers strip of territory between the syrian border town of tel aviv and russell i mean to the east it is the same area the u.s. military withdrew from earlier this week. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement of people. took his commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure not the targets of the campaign thousands of syrians already on the move but the safe zone turkey says it wants to create extends 480 kilometers along the border and 30 kilometers deep turkey says the operation is a

defenses of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as the turkish army advances into northeast syria on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition syrian national army pushed a few kilometers deep capturing several villages in mainly spare sleep populated areas the s. the f. is outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in the nato alliance but kurdish led forces are putting up resistance promising to make any battle long and hard the flap to rain however will make it difficult to hold their ground in the face of heavy firepower their media focus of turkey's air and ground operation is a 100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of tell me to the border town of ras al-ain to the east it is an area the u.s. military withdrew from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure are not the targets of the campaign thousands of syrians are already on the move fleeing hostilities which are

defenses of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as the turkish army advances into northeast syria on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition syrian national army pushed a few kilometers deep capturing several villages in mainly spare sleep populated areas the s. the f. is outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in the nato alliance but kurdish led forces are putting up resistance promising to make any battle long and hard the flat terrain however will make it difficult to hold their ground in the face of heavy firepower the immediate focus of turkey's air and ground operation is a 100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of tel me to the border town of ras al-ain to the east it is an area of the u.s. military would through from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure are not the targets of the campaign thousands of syrians are already on the move fleeing hostilities w

hasn't been an easy fight for several days turkish troops and their allies the opposition syrian national army have pushed into the northeastern corner of syria they now say they are in control of one of 2 main towns along the 120 kilometer stretch of territory they plan to capture in the 1st phase of the operation they've also advance 30 kilometers deep reaching the highway that connects to west and east syria effectively dividing the territory under the control of the. positions of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are coming under heavy fire but an incident close to a u.s. outpost along the border has added to tensions between turkey and the united states which said its forces were close to being hit by turkish artillery fire turkey's defense minister has a car denies his troops targeted the position saying they were responding to fire 1000 meters away the new front in syria's war is worsening relations between the nato allies which have long been strained the pentagon was more blunt calling them damaged international pressure is mounting on turkey to stop the advance the united stat

dramatic events on the ground the syrian democratic forces the kurdish lead as the losing territory the turkish army along with their local allies the opposition syrian national army they have been taking ground from the they have been pushed from 120 kilometers from the border line and they've been pushed 30 kilometers the p.s. there are few pockets of resistance here and there but this 120 by 30 pocket of territory is is under the control of turkey and it's syrian allies and this is really the completion of the 1st phase of turkey's military operation to clear its border for what it considers a national security threat and that 30 kilometer line is the m 4 international highway a crucial supply line for all the players in this region now under the control of turkey and its allies and the president or the gun making clear that there is the possibility of a 2nd phase of this operation because he talks about how he talks about the i'm not a which is the arab name for kolbein e but if turkey is to move ahead and push ahead it could mean more fighting it's not just with the s. the f. but other players on the ground we understand that there are reports that a rus

hasn't been an easy fight for several days turkish troops and their allies the opposition syrian national army have pushed into the northeastern corner of syria they now say they are in control of one of 2 main towns along the 120 kilometer stretch of territory they plan to capture in the 1st phase of this operation. has fallen. they've also advanced 30 kilometers deep reaching the highway that connects to west and east syria effectively dividing the territory under the control of the us the. positions of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are coming under heavy fire but an incident close to a u.s. outpost along the border has added to tensions between turkey and the united states which said its forces were close to being hit by turkish artillery fire turkey's defense minister had a car denies his troops targeted the position saying they were responding to fire 1000 meters away the new front in syria's war is worsening relations between the nato allies which have long been strained the pentagon was more blunt calling them damaged the international pressure is mounting on turkey to stop t

it is coming under attack and the turkish army along with their local allies the opposition syrian national army they have been launching an operation against a group they consider a terrorist organization because according to turkey the if the backbone of the s. the f. is the syrian kurdish armed group the white p.g. which is linked to the outlawed p k k so the s.d.f. had little choice it struck a deal with damascus a russian brokered deal that agreed to hand over the territories that remain under their control to the government now the question is will they be able to do that because the opposition is making clear that they will fight back they will prevent this from happening especially in the town of members when rebel forces have already sent reinforcements to the front lines the syrian army at the same time saying that they're sending troops to the north of the country to face what they're calling a turkish invasion so that the risk of conflict is real is specially if these players cannot negotiate a coordinated withdrawal or an agreement of who takes what in what area meanwhile a funeral

defenses of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as the turkish army advances into northeast syria on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition syrian national army pushed a few kilometers deep capturing several villages in mainly spare sleep populated areas the s. the f. is outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in the nato alliance but kurdish led forces are putting up resistance promising to make any battle long and hard the flat terrain however will make it difficult to hold their ground in the face of heavy firepower their media focus of turkey's air and ground operation is a 100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of tel me to the border town of ras al-ain to the east it is an area the u.s. military would drew from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure are not the targets of the campaign thousands of syrians are already on the move fleeing hostilities which are

syrian border in a horde of reports they march toward battle the turkish backed opposition syrian national army advance started northern city of members but the syrian army reached their 1st it is believed that it is a small unit that arrived nevertheless it is a claim to territory they were invited by the kurdish led syrian democratic forces who turned to damascus when former the united states decided not to support the in the face of a turkish led military operation and instead decided to end its military presence in syria the syrian army's entry to members however may not mean the battle is over . we are about to implement our decision on numbers as you know our mutual agreement with the us regarding the city was that terrorist organizations were going to evacuate members within 90 days but a year has passed and members has not been evacuated when it is evacuated we talk he will not be going there the rightful owners are brother of the ones who will be going. it's another turning point in syria's war a sudden change of alliances has allowed the government to restore authority in the north ea

kurdish led syrian democratic forces turkish troops along with their local allies the opposition syrian national army have now taken control of the line that is the syrian border town one of 2 main border towns that the turkish led alliance has been trying to capture in order to create the safe zone that they want in northeast syria so ross alone has fallen after days of heavy bombardment days of air strikes and street by street battles so the focus of the operation will now move to the other town behind us and heavy artillery has been targeting the town since the early hours of the morning the turkish army and their local allies have also advanced deep into northern north eastern syria reaching 30 kilometers reaching the m 4 international highway that connects the east and west to syria if they're able to hold this their positions then they're going to divide the territory under the control of other kurdish syrian democratic forces. more than a 1000000 people in japan have been told to leave their homes as typhoon haggart this approaches tokyo the storm is expected to batter the capital with record