despite that, the y.p.g. continues to be criticized by many for creating their own state. >> when they are using the arab soldiers and say they have arab groups joining them, they are trying to achieve credibility. it is clear from other factions that this is merely a kurdish force trying to implement a specific plan and its own agenda in northern syria. >> the y.p.g. controls half of the border with syria. the new force is trying to push isil from the southern countryside. this is expect to be a prelude on an attack in raqqa. it is 50 kilometers north of what isil say is their capital, but the y.p.g. refuses to press further without syrian rebels taking the lead. one group called the rick da revolutionary front said an offensive against isil in the pro since is imminent. its leader said it would she a historic battle for rick da first and syria second. >> they say their goal is not just to end isil's presence, but to build a democratic, unified and secular syria. it is a goal shared i by the united states, se

despite that, the y.p.g. continues to be criticized by many, including neighboring turkey for creating their own state. >> when they are using the arabs they are trying to achieve stability. it is clear from the other rebels and factions in the opposition that this is merely a kurdish force trying to implement a specific plan and its own agenda in northern syria. >> the y.p.d.g. controls half of turkey's border with syria, trying to push isil from the province. the y.p.g. is 50 kilometers north of what isil say is their capital, but the y.p.g. has refused to press further without syrian arable rebels taking the lead in the province. one partner, a group called the raqqa revolutionary front recently said an offense is imminent against isil in the province, its leader saying it would be a historic battle for raqqa first and syria connected. >> the forces say their goal is not just to end isil's presence but to build a democratic unified and secular syria. it is a goal shared by the united states that has now dec

despite that the y.p.g. is criticized by many, including neighbouring turkey for creating their own state. >> when they are using the arab slogans, and say they have a lot of groups joining them they receive credibility. it is clear from other rebels and factions that this is a kurdish force strikes to implement a plan and agenda. >> the y.p.g. controls half the border with syria, the force pushing i.s.i.l. from the southern countryside. this is it expected to be the prelude to an attack. already the y.p.g. is around 50km north of what i.s.i.l. says is their capital. bit the y.p.g. refused to press further, without syrian arab rebels taking the lead. one of its partners, an arab rebel group said an offensive against i.s.i.l. is imminent. the leader said it would be an historic battle for them first and syria second. >> the syrian democratic forces sayle goal is not just to end i.s.i.l.'s presence, but to build a democratic and unified syria, a goal shared by the united states, deciding to send troops on an ad

the y.p.g. continues to be criticized by many, including neighboring turkey for creating their own state. >> when they are using the arab programs and they they have a lot of arab groups joining them, they are trying to achieve credibility. it is very clear from the other rebels and factions in the opposition that this is merely a kurdish force trying to implement a specific plan and its own agenda in northern syria. >> the y.p.g. controls half of the border with syria, now trying to push isil from the countryside. this is he can spend to be the prelude to an attack on raqqa. the y.p.g. has refused to press further without syrian arab rebels taking the lead in a mainly sunni province. one group called the raqqa revolutionary front said an uprising against isil is prominent. >> the syrian democratic forces say their goal is not just to end isil's presence, but to build a democratic, unified and secular syria. it is a goal shared by the united states that has now decided to send troops on an adviso

backing for the syrian kurdish y.p.g. force is not new. the people's protection unit cleared many areas of i.s.i.l. with the help of coalition air strikes in recent months. it's been trying to recruit groups from the syrian arab majority to create what kurdish leaders say is a unified national force. they continue to be criticized by many, including neighbouring turkey for creating their own state. >> when they use the arab slogans and have a lot of arab groups joining them, they try to achieve credibility. it's clear that it's the kurdish forces trying to implement a plan and agenda in northern syria. >> reporter: the y.p.g. controls half the border with syria, and the new force is trying to push i.s.i.l. from the country side, this is the prelude to an attack. already the y.p.g. is around 50km north ever what i.s.i.l. says is their capital. then will continue to push further. a partner, a revolutionary front, said an offensive against i.s.i.l. is imminent. the leader said it would be an historic battle first, and syria second. >> reporter

the y.p.g. is criticized by many, including turkey, for creating their own state. >> when they are using the arab slogans, saying they have arab groups joining them. trying to achieve credibility, it's clear from other rebels and factions that this is a kurdish force implementing a plan and its own agenda in northern syria. >> the y.p.g. controls most of the border, trying to push i.s.i.l. this is expected to be the prelude to an attack o. already, they are around 50km north of what they say is the capital. they refused to press further. without the arab leaders taking the lead. a partner, an arab rebel group recently set an offensive against i.s.i.l. in the province is imminent. is said that it would be a battle. >> the syrian democratic forces say their goal is not just to end i.s.i.l.'s presence. but to build a democratic unied syria. it's a goal shared by the united states planning to send troops. the expected deployment and support for the y.p.g. is causing tensions. u.s. ground involvement

despite that, the y.p.g. is criticised by many, including turkey, for creating their own state. >> when they are using and have groups joining them. it is clear from the part of other rebels, that this is a force trig to implement a plan. the ywg controls host of the area. this is expected to be the prelude the y.p.g. is 50km north, but they refused to prep further, with algerian rebels taking the lead. a group found in the province, it's leader, an historic battle. >> the syrian force is not just to end the presence. it is a goal shared by the united states that has decided to send troops on an advisory mission for the first time to syria. the expected deployment and support for the y.p.g. is causing tensions. u.s. ground involvement in syria is focused on fighting i.s.i.l. the secretary of state said the u.s. is not entering the war. this is angering the opposition groups,not just wore idea by the y.p.g. >>> i.s.i.l. sfighters say they are taking more territory. al jazeera gained access to areas held by the

that's what the peshmerga forces and the y.p.g. forces have been able to do in both iraqi kurdistan, and in syria. >> people like you and other experts, particularly military experts say that i.s.i.s. can be defeated with a coordinated effort and the right number of fighters on the ground, and the right equipment. the issue is what happens after that, you have said that iraq can only survive if it becomes a federal country with autonomous regions, including a kurdish region, does this mean destroying iraq as we know it in order to save it. >> iraq, as we know it has not been successful or kind to its people. for decades it was dominated by a minority. the kurds were subjected to chemical attacks. so iraq, as we knew it before 2003 was that iraq. they are right, it needs to stay too. it must be an iraq believing in federalism. in delegating power to the provinces not just to the kurdish region, but the people of basra. they want their own region, the central government as not been fair, and the minister rip is ineffective -- ministry

. >> turkey's president defended actions in syria, and said the bashar al-assad regime, i.s.i.l. and kurdish group y.p.g. are the same. he quotes sadness over the downing of a fighter plane. tens of thousands gathered at a stadium in the capital city kampala. he celebrated mass at a shrine honouring a group of christians. >> back to the top stories. gay right activists urged the pope to address the issue of homophobia. >> joining us is an l.g.b.t. advocate and a director at sexual minorities uganda. how do you reckon sill your suitabilitiy and faith in a country where your church doesn't like or want you. >> thank you very much. we are happy on the focus here. and are proud that the focus comes here. i would like to say it's charged. >> i am not questioning your faith in god, but what about your faith in the church. you will remember a few months ago there was a yerm yn bishop came out as being gay before a vatican gathering. the vatican was angry about that. how do you win the fight. >> it is difficult to win. if we say something about reconciliation. >> conversation reconciliation - is that translatin

the product of a hidden project. and using it as an excuse, atta attacking innocent people is unacceptable. there's no difference to y.p.g. i.s.i.s. terrorist organization. what they do is commit crimes of humanity. let no one deceive no one. we went to syria u because they invited us, i'm sorry. if someone kills 380,000 people. if someone kills people, are you obliged to accept the invitation, they are not obliged. you only go there if you want to be there. he's not a victim. but in syria it's a legitimate terrorist regime. so i say let no one deceive no one. what is done. syria is not struggle against i.s.i.s. tore d.a.e.s.h., what is done is a global attempt, as parts of a global cancellation. there is no other country who is as genuine against i.s.i.s., as turkey. as turkey. they want security, peace and the people in syria want to be in security. i'd like to ask this, our brothers and sisters. >> those that run away from fire. where are they going to run? >> they are going to run to turkey. is there anywhere else they can run too. yes, there is. are they going to drawn or run away to other places. but the people in