russian military aircraft have been flying into an airfield near the syrian port city. nd 100 russian soldiers have been spotted there. several russian ships have also been unloading equipment at its naval base which is 100 kilometers south. russia has backed the syrian president throughout the country's four and a half year civil war. some in the west believe the russian military buildup is meant to force president assad to be part of any political agreement. >> reporter: russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov admits russian aircrafts are delivering military supplies and humanitarian aid, but denies any military build up. >> translator: we have helped and will continue aiding the syrian government in equipping the syrian army with all that is necessary to prevent a repetition in syria of the libyan scenario, and other vennes that have occurred in this reagain, because of an obsession with some of our western partners with ideas of changing unwanted regimes. >> reporter: officials say rur russia is sending ships, and naval material to syria. russia is also sending more

aircraft has been flying into the airfield in the syrian port city. veral russian ships have also been unloading equipment at its naval base 100 kilometers south. russia of course has backed syrian president bashar al-assad throughout the country's four and a half year civil war, and says he must be included in any settlements. >> reporter: there is a major russian buildup in syria's western port and at an airfield in a province. it says it is to help syrian president assad and its forces. the foreign minister denies any military build up. >> translator: we have helped and will continue aiding the syrian government in equipping the syrian army with all that is necessary for it to prevent a repetition of the libyan scenario, because of an obsession by some of our western partners with ideas of changing unwanted regimes. >> reporter: the syrian opposition and u.s. officials say russian is sending ships, personnel carries, and naval infa try to syria. there are unconfirmed reports of russian troops fighting on the ground in syria. russia is also sending m

the comments came after reports russia has been building up a forward-operating base in the syrian port city. 500 russian troops are said to have been deployed there. russia insists it's more interested in finding a diplomatic solution to the four and a half years of war which have seen 250,000 people according to the u.n. over 11.5 million displaced by the conflict, nearly 4 million people have fled to neighboring countries and indeed to further afield. the pentagon as a sidebar to some extent admitted that u.s.-trained fighters in syria have handed over ammunition and equipment to a rebel group linked to kadyrbayal qaeda. first what he had to say, our diplomatic editor at u.n. headquarters in new york. you conducted this interview, james. i wonder if you sensed whereas six months, a year, 18 months ago, any suggestion of russia getting further emeshed in syrian affairs would have caused alarm bells, but perhaps the europeans and others come to terms with the fact this may be the best way out. >> reporter: well, certainly, david, there are, i think, different views among european leaders an

what we saw in turkish port city, sidewalks and cafes jammed with syrians. mentioned, they're carrying their backpacks with belongings and plastic bags of freshly purchased life jackets that are on sale in cafes, even, advertised in arabic. the syrian refugees we talked to they're paying about $13000 for passage from syria and they're flying in a day prior from syria. the capital of da maus kus with the purpose of getting to countries like greece and germany. this is happening under the eyes of turkish police, right next to syrians, piling on to private buses to head for coastal villages. the greeks say islands are receiving from 1,000 to 3,000 new refugees and migrants a day. this is problem that is not going away. john? >> up 3,000 a day. on an infran structure that's already strained in greece. >>> whole economy growing up around smuggling and getting people. it's just a dangerous situation. >>> hillary clinton said she's sorry after months of defending her use of e-mail as secretary of state, now she's sorry, why the change? the conversation about that e

we called a syrian smuggler in the turkish port city of mersin, pretending to be potential clients. >> it costs $4,800 per person. usually we take between 5,000 and 5,500. the ship is 77 meters long, a freighter that can sail in any kind of weather. this time there will be 1,000 passengers onboard. the captain will not leave the ship, don't worry. he'll only get his money when all the refugees have reached their destination. >> the mediterranean port of mersin, some 1,000 kilometers south of istanbul, is a hub for people smugglers. in the past, desperate refugees used to risk crossing to europe in fishing boats. now they do it in freighters ready to be scrapped. this former journalist from damascus, who wants to remain anonymous, wants to use a smuggler to get to europe. he no longer has a passport, and his wife and children are in lebanon. now he's trying to earn enough money for the crossing, even despite the risks. >> if you're trying to escape death, you don't care how dangerous it is. and europe is forcing me to place my fate in the hands of smugglers. there is no legal way to do

it looks like many more syrian refugees are on the way. in a turkish port citys sitting in cafes and sidewalks with backpacks full of belongings and garbage bags full of life jackets. the passage to greece by sea is still a really big business here. cafes are selling life jackets. you've got syrians trying them on in the street just waiting for their trip across the water. this turkish shop owner does not want us filming his business. several syrian refugees who don't want to be identified for fear of reprisal back home tell me they just arrived in turkey from syria within the last couple of days. aren't you afraid? these are bad boats, you know? something terrible could happen. people are dying in the water. >> i don't want to fight with anyone. i don't want to kill. i don't want to get killed. >> reporter: they say it costs around $1300 u.s. to buy passage to a greek island. among those waiting for the call from a smuggler, many families with children. when i ask a father if he's afraid his kids could drown at sea he answers they will die anyway if they stay i

judging by the scenes we saw in a turkish port city there are many, many more syrian refugees on theylight in fact across the sea from turkey to lesbos which is visible over my shoulder, that business is very much booming. this is how some are smuggling themselves to europe, cramming more than 30 people at a time in broad daylight on board an overcrowded bonn toon boat. armed with life jackets and inflated inner tubes in case of an accident this footage filmed secretly a week ago off the coast of turkey. turks who appear to be smugglers a shove the overloaded boat out into the water. seconds later a man appearing to pilot the boat abandons ship. the boat turns into circles until the migrants figure out how to steer themselves. it motors off to the greek island of lesbos, an inform gateway to europe. and it looks like many more are on the way. in ismyr on tuesday, scores sit on cafes and sidewalks with backpacks full of belongings and garbage bags full of life jackets. the passage by sea is big business here. cafes are selling life jackets and syrians trying them on in the street just

. >>> a car bomb of syrian president ba sure al assad -- black smoke rising from a vehicle in the port citylatakia. officials estimate 320,000 people have died in the civil war in syria, more than 4 million have become refugees. some of those refugees were part of protests today at the main international railway station in budapest, hungary. hundreds of migrants are upset at another day of being blocked by police from boarding trains headed to germany and other european union countries. an estimated 3,000 already are encamped near the station. more than 150,000 migrants had reached hungary this year. >>> we're learning more tonight about a previously secret effort to hunt i sit terroriisis terro syria using american drones. jennifer griffin has the specifics from the pentagon. >> reporter: a year into the air campaign against isis, the u.s. military and cia have moved into a new phase of targeting high value targets using a method used in iraq when gent mcchrystal was head. defense sources say the new operation involves the cia and special operations teams, like the ones that killed osama b

we were in the turkish port city of ismir which we saw was jammed with syrian refugees sitting on theirfilled with life jackets that were being sold openly on the street. and they were waiting for the call from smugglers to jump on buses, to take them down to different points on the turkish coast. we've obtained video of very overloaded rubber inflatable pontoon boats that set out in broad daylight and head to greece. this is a major challenge because some of the syrian refugees we talked to, they've just arrived, flown in from syria to turkey, in the last couple of days. they're determined to get to europe. so the europeans better get ready. christine? >> all right, ivan watson, thank you for that. wow, what a treacherous journey. >>> united airlines' top executive forced to resign. a big surprise there. we're going to tell you why next. you tuck here... you tuck there. if you're a toe tucker... because of toenail fungus, ask your doctor now about prescription kerydin. used daily, kerydin drops may kill the fungus at the site of infection and get to the root of your toe tucking. kerydi

when you book direct at hampton.com >>> syrian refugees continue a desperate journey trying to find safety in europe. there is so much smuggling in one turkish port city displaying life jackets in the store window. refugees are cramming on to rubber boats, paying smugglers to cross the sea. one woman, 16 years old. giving a harrowing account of what so many are trying to leave behind in syria. she is telling her story only to cnn. sh she was separated from her family and her story is hard to listen to but important to hear. >> reporter: in 2014, kurdish iraqi and u.s. troops rescued thousand of yazidis. thousand of others were captured. yazidi women and children partialed out as slaves to isis fighter. one year on this young yazidi girl tells cnn he was enslaved not by any isis fighter this man, isis leader abu bakar al baghdadi. she recognizes kale yeah mueller. they shared a cell together she says, both slaves of the caliphate. we sat down with zenat, an assumed name, she explains how she was hand picked from hundreds of captured yazidi women. >> first time. he came close to me. and called over to the man who was in charge of the house. when i stood