all its border so in that sense turkey and iran as well as the syrian regime can have a common ground to prevent the kurdish expansion along the turkish border of course turkey has never walk. said that its priority in syria has shifted and i don't expect the turkish government to recognize the assad government any time soon however the defacto situation is turkey has already already shifted its priority on its security security and they are sending in syria and more focused on the kurdish expansion in all its border rather than iridium change mr al-deen. is turkey losing as turkey fighting a losing battle in regards to what mr canady saying because the kurds already have a lot of territory now in northern syria what is what is the kurdish and goal in that region and have they all but achieved it. well first of all back to the earlier point the reason why i personally am not so worried about the iran turkish meeting is because it's not that the kurdish question is unifying them they inherently because of the dynamics in the region and their own policies they will find it very difficul

yeah with iran and turkey. and the bank but yes. with the beyond the economic and. could be done and as military intervention and action as and story. with and welcome to the program on it is a peron i'm iran and turkey may seem like on likely partners following events of the past few years especially in syria but they all saying the same thing about the recent yes vote and the kurdish referendum neither want could his people living in northern iraq to secede took his president visited head on on wednesday regift five and the one met with iran's supreme leader and president to discuss ways to cut the kurds dream of their own homeland turkey is threatening to stop buying oil from the kurdish regional government in iraq while iran has mobilized troops on its border with the region well iran and turkey have said they stand behind vox national government here is what everyone said at a press conference on wednesday. we correspond with the iraqi central government as far as we're concerned this referendum is illegitimate we have already taken certain steps but from this m

province to enforce the so-called deescalation zone there which a spot of an agreement between turkey iran and russia let's get the latest from al-jazeera. who is at the she goes to border crossing on the turkey syria border. this operation has been in preparation for some time now bring us up to speed with the latest how many turkish troops are actually cross the border and where they headed. following reports suggest that at least one hundred turkish soldiers are now in syria based in an area called. the western border of the province of dozens of the girl's. personnel carriers also crossed into the syrian territory now the the turkish military is going to be stationed there for some time before moving into the city of part of the deescalation zone agreement that was signed between turkey russia and iran last month. it seems that the turkish army is aiming to achieve two goals here first of all they would like to block the kurdish factions particularly and they wipe e.g. from moving or expanding their territory from all the way towards number two they would like to ensure also that facti

turkey has. intervened in iraq at times against the kurds we know that iran doesn't have the same problems with the kurds in their country that turkey does nevertheless we heard from president hassan rouhani today that they will not let the territorial integrity of syria or iraq be compromised what is iran willing to do right now do you think about this issue. well up to now the sanctions seem to be very mild iran stopped the flights of iranian airplanes to our air bill and so the money added two airports here in iraqi kurdistan and they stopped the flow of petrol by stopping the the tankers that go across the border but those are the two main sanctions really. how worried is the. regional government about the steps that are being taken by turkey and iran so far. well of course there are a lot of. reactions that much of what we see were expected. but if they do cause inconvenience as they are causing worries people are worried about escalation into military action although this is increasingly unlikely given the statements made and given the complexity of the dynamics on the ground but that doesn't

between the three major powers the three major players in the syrian conflict because we have seen turkey iran and russia supporting in a war by proxy supporting different factions in this conflict turkey supported the syrian opposition over the past four five years whereas in iran and russia supported the syrian regime today we have we are seeing the three major players actually coming together trying to end this conflict that in my opinion is a very positive development because we see in syria when these when these different parties actually fight the syrians would be the place actually because they have been fighting for the past for flight so you think this could lead to a bigger chance of a peaceful resolution yet i would say so i would see a saw but even if that does not lead to a political solution to this crisis something that might be not ready and we might not see a very sore one at least that would end the bloodshed that would end the conflict between these reminder see you some of the. might be if they have their way actually for further discussion concerning the political solution

turkish soldiers have crossed into adlib province in syria as part of an agreement between russia iran and turkey the escalation zones it's a move that bringing peace to syria we'll get to our guests but first this report from. from the border with syria turkey's cross border operation is underway these are soldiers from a special unit tasked with setting surveillance post in province. turkey aims to enforce a cease fire agreement that was signed last month as. president and i serve on the move was crucial for turkey's national security. is that our front here we have to take our precautions no one has the right to tell us why are you doing this we're the country with nine hundred eleven kilometer border with syria where there was that under harassment and threat no one has the right to tell us why did you do this. turkish soldiers are seen here in. a village on those border with. not far from areas controlled by the white p.g. syrian kurdish faction turkey has repeatedly insisted it won't allow fighters to expand further to worse the northwestern provinces of and lattakia thank you this is a del

refresh the center peripheral relationship in iraq and in syria and all actors regional actors turkey iran and syria and iraq around baghdad and damascus they have to think about that but more importantly the system level actors russia and the yes there should be a sort of top down top down consolatory top down conforte inker relaxed approach and this why i think. the corporation or confrontation between the united states and russia is the prime prime. factors that are mine and all outcomes so what we see you actually. i know we can we can talk about this economy asian i mean come on television. russia and commonly this is the think we need for everybody in this. conflict thank our guests so mark schneider one couple are here in the studio with you know charles and douglas all of them and thank you to fortune can see the show again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com for further discussion had over one facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story can also join the conversation on twitter and there is at a.j. inside story from a sam is a than the who

agreement with will that turkey iran and russia for the deescalation in. phase two will be quite significant that's where the turkish army is going to. move into it and secure it now we don't know whether the the head of the sharon is going to hand over its weapons surround or fight back and this is this poses quite a security challenge as for the turkish army that does not want to see itself burge down in a protracted conflict inside. by the way the last remaining stronghold for the syrian opposition groups and some of those girls particularly to have made it quite clear that they are determined to continue the fight to maintain their presence there and as a model that challenges might the turkish army now face. first challenger this is you know for quite some time for the last six years for this city turkey iran and russia have been supporting opposing factions inside syria this is the first time that they are going to coordinate their destination inside syria particularly in it remains to be seen how the coordination will move on and what will be the fu

but with iraq, iran, turkey, syria and much of the world against them, could this referendum end up delivering the kurds even less than the autonomy that they enjoy now? masrour barzani, in erbil, in iraqi kurdistan, thank you for being here. how has this referendum made things better for the kurds? as you know, we have been having problems with baghdad all along and we have tried every other means to make sure resolve problems peacefully but u nfortu nately resolve problems peacefully but unfortunately the iraqi government did not address all the issues according to the constitution and they were not actually accepting us as equal partners, as part of our deal to be part of iraq and, after trying all other avenues, we have no choice but to resort to a referendum isa choice but to resort to a referendum is a democratic process and is a peaceful means to express their desire for our people about the future relationships between kurdistan and baghdad. you are ready have a high degree of autonomy, for the best part of 20 years, why it referendum now? actually, the desire for having independence f

turkey's president much of type of line has arrived in iran where he will hold talks with officials on kurdish secession efforts or one met iranian president hassan rouhani and is expected to hold talks with discipline leader ayatollah khomeini he told turkey's parliament on sunday that he expects to agree to a deal with the ronn on how to respond to last month's kurdish referendum turkey fears an independent kurdistan in iraq will have a domino effect on its own fifteen million ethnic kurdish population interest simmons joins us live now from istanbul enter is there any reason any suggestion that the iranian troops turkish troops will engage in some sort of joint action on the iraqi border. general consensus rachele is that that will not happen but you could see some announcement of cooperation between the iranian military in the turkish military the chief of staff from turkey flew out to tehran two days ahead of the president arriving to have talks with his opposite number expect to see exchanges of information intelligence as well on kurdish extremists as they described the p.k. k.

operation to enforce a so-called deescalation zone in a province it's one of an agreement between turkey iran and russia. has more from the turkey syria border it seems that the turkish army is aiming to achieve two goals here first of all they would like to block the kurdish factions but. and they wipe. or expanding their territory from all the way towards number two they would like to ensure also that factions in lib don't get in any fighting in the coming days and weeks with the syrian military and with the russians so to implement the deescalation this is quite a significant development. kurdish forces in iraq are reportedly modernizing after accusing baghdad of sending in susu to areas near kurdish control oil fields close to the city of kirkuk the kurdish regional security council says should serve been seen south of the city tensions have been rising between the two governments since the kurdish secession referendum last month the trump administration has released a document outlining the problems it sees with the iranian nuclear deal the white house says its economy a nation of nine m

operation to enforce a so-called deescalation zone in italy province is part of an agreement between turkey iran and russia more from al jazeera. who is on the turkey syria border. it seems that the turkish army is aiming to achieve two goals here first of all they would like to block the kurdish factions but particularly as the and the why pedia from moving or expanding their territory from all the way towards number two they would like to ensure also that factions in live don't get in any fighting in the coming days and weeks with the syrian military and with the russians search or implement the deescalation this is quite a significant development kurdish forces in iraq are reportedly mobilizing after accusing baghdad of sending its forces to two areas near kurdish controlled oil fields the kurdish regional security council says troops have been seen south of the city tensions have been rising between the two governments since the kurdish session referendum last month. at least two people have been shot dead during protests against kenya's electoral commission rallies have been taking place de

troops to syria's province or enforce a so-called deescalation zone as one of an agreement with turkey and iran joins us. now live from. which is a border crossing on the take the syria border. tell us about this operation its objectives it's been in preparation for a number of days now what is at stake here as far as turkey's concerned first. volley the cross border pression is underway the turkish military has tightened security around this whole area that you can see behind me the bible how a war just as a border crossing we've been trying since early morning to go to some of the areas near the. one of the top military bases. a base but then we were told by the ministry to push back two words this particular area a hundred million turkish soldiers have crossed into syria with its big kills turkish president. has just said that this is a crucial military operation justified by the fact that turkey needs to protect its territory and also provide assistance to the syrians in it live and in aleppo two things are happening as we speak which is basically the turkish bit is going to set up surveill

troops to providence to enforce a so-called deescalation zone it's part of an agreement with turkey and iran and russia. is at the. border crossing on the turkey syria border. so this operation has been in preparation for a number of days now what's the latest how many turkish troops have actually crossed into syria and what is the objective. according to a statement from the turkish military about one hundred soldiers and dozens of vehicles have crossed into syria they have now established some surveillance posts on the western border of the province of now we're expecting more troops to move into the syria in the coming days and weeks and the turks are hoping to achieve two things here basically first of all they would like to implement the deescalation zone agreement so they will deploy their own troops in the province of live to ensure that syrian rebel factions dawns in any military activity in the near future number two they would like to block kurdish factions particularly white b.g. and the s.d.f. from expanding their territory from. towards the province of idlib how significant is t

and that deescalation zone was negotiated by turkey russia and iran in the talks aimed at ending syria's civil war a former our kind affiliate operates in and wasn't part of that agreement turkey's announced it's backing the free syrian army to fight the group setting up the likelihood of more fierce fighting throughout the province. near the turkish border . turkish artillery shelling high positions inside syria. the former al qaida affiliate group controlled most of it late province and this border area is the focal point of what turkish authorities refer to as a serious campaign. and the free syrian army is sending reinforcements to the way holy. the starting point for the new cross border campaign. but real a show which has thousands of fighters is vowing to fight to the death the news of the new campaign is raising concerns for civilians in it that. if the turkish army enters back by russian planes they have committed a massacre a few days ago and that is for sure and acceptable to me and to any muslim who rejects the presence of occupiers in our country. the russians are the first

of defending the city these this party considered a terrorist organization not only by iraq but turkey iran in fact the international community as well those accusations completely didn't know i eat by the k r g but body saying that that move was a declaration of war and as i say that was four or five hours ago we heard those reports and now we are hearing reports of a move towards these positions around kirkuk it's important also to recognize that the we're not actually hearing any fighting starting it but it does seem to be a conservative offensive towards these positions might say it seems i would say that iraq is looking towards a military solution here what happened to the politics. well the politics has failed to dismiss hasn't it i mean you've got to look at this within the context of the controversial referendum that happened last month there has been mounting pressure on the k r g ever since then we've had international airspace the airports here on the quay argy closed by the federal government they have been closing down all. for example monitoring bank transactions federal contr

law and parliaments and there isn't one shuttle for today so we're still waiting turkey's president. has arrived in iran way or hold talks with officials on kurdish secession efforts expected to meet iranian president has an rouhani and supreme leader ayatollah ali have an aide told turkey's parliament on sunday he expects to agree to a deal with iran on how to respond to last month's kurdish referendum thirty fears an independent kurdistan in iraq will have a domino effect on its own fifteen million ethnic kurdish population andrew symonds has more from istanbul. military issues are undoubtedly at the top of the agenda in tehran the turkish military chief of staff went two days ahead to meet his counterpart in iran and it's expected some form of corporation some extra corporation between iran and turkey will be announced however in long term it's unlikely they'll be an alliance between the two armies culturally they're quite some distance apart and also of course turkey is a nato member which is raising eyebrows no doubt in the united states however the turkish military is insistent that it needs to en

as well as some disputed areas overwhelmingly opted to secede but baghdad as well as neighbors iran and turkey how fiercely opposed them we'll get to our panel of distress to discuss all less but first this report from charles trafford. the kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk. the city now officially back in the hands of the iraqi government its forces but made a rapid advance launched in the middle of the night fifteen hours later the industrial area airports military base and critical all fields were under the control of iraqi forces soon after they marched into the center of the city. iraqi officials were quick to declare victory. the joint military operation was launched at dawn and progress significantly as the troops approached the area to crete and the north oil company were confronted by some rebels who tried to hinder the progress of the advancing units turn five in style and. thank god today we have achieved all our goals according to our plan the u.s. military which had trained both sides in this dispute trying to downplay the escalation in a statement blaming the f

zones what established after iran russia and turkey decided to set aside their differences and find a permanent solution to the syrian conflict. the new operation could be part of a broader deal between russia turkey and iran but we don't know who would run one. victor from the province and what will become of moderate opposition factions and the thousands of civilians living in the area. well let's bring in our panel now from istanbul metin go to char a columnist for al monitor is taking pulse from moscow hala felgenhauer a defense analyst and columnist with nowhere to setter and via skype from at it so as leigh joshua landis the sandra mackey chair and professor at the department of international and area studies at the university of oklahoma welcome to you all mr goodchild what's at stake for turkey here. first let me say this to a fact first one this is not a surprising really terrible meaning that we have been waiting for this for almost a mile amount and second one this is not an turkey is unilateral decision sort of for a negotiated outcome at the moment we are discussing you k

turkey's president has arrived in iran to hold talks with its leaders on kurdish secession efforts to want to hold turkey's parliament on sunday he expects to agree to a deal with the wrong on how to respond to last month's kurdish referendum. and a court in turkey is due to deliver verdicts in a major trial linked to the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen forty seven people including many military officers are accused of trying to assassinate president raja typo on prosecutors are seeking life sentences on the night of the two policemen were killed in the hotel word along with staying the president says the location was bombed minutes after he left. pardon me joins us in studio nash's been covering the events from turkey for al-jazeera for several years now also seen in there's a lot of trials that are going on connected to this failed coup what's the significance of this when. this is one of the most most important free trials actually it is important because it targeted. directly and president is the plaintiff the complainant party in this trial also puts a lucky man who is sa

the iraqi region of kurdistan is an important hub in the middle east turkey iran and iraq all move goods to one another through the autonomous region now the kurds are pushing for independence the region's location is making it difficult to neighboring countries to make good on their threats of closing the borders but is the region really so invulnerable. business is humming at the ybor he included border crossing between turkey and iraqi kurdistan three weeks after kurds in iraq voted for independence a little here seems changed the shops are filled with goods products like these still rods await further transit turkey is now threatening to close the crossing leaders there are angry over the independence vote and fearful of the ripple effect it could have amongst its own kurdish population such a move wouldn't be easy some traders here say many of the goods are only passing through and that's not good idea meant to get that anybody about seventy to eighty trucks loaded with commodities travel from turkey to iraq on a daily basis about ninety percent of those trucks go to iraqi cities li

russia of course is looking in as well, turkey and iran, with vested interests, both have restive kurdishlds the initiative in averting his fear of a civil war? it's a good point. perhaps both the kurdish region president and the iraqi president have to much of a vested interest, perhaps it is for turkey and iran to get involved and we talk about a negotiated solution to this, but i don't see people coming to the table willingly. it's a good point, who is going to start driving this? we've already talked about france and the day ahead there, a quick point on that? it's interesting. macron is relatively powerful in terms of his reform strategy. he's very unpopular at the moment but you have to say he's going to be. it has to be said these laws have already passed, it's all well and good if the unions get strangely united and go against this, but these laws are already on the statute book. talking about his unpopularity is normal when someone's been elected after the honeymoon period, especially if you are pushing through reform on this scale. this is big reform he pushing through in the pu

over the kurdish referendum independence we've seen tighter our relations between turkey and iran it seems how important is the us still today to turkey turkey and united states have been nato allies and allies for a long time maybe more than sixty years but ankara has three concerns actually three fears folley one is it feels they have been actually cheated by the united states over all this for to lock your land u.s. base cleric's extradition issue second and actually the most important the u.s. support for the wide p.g. . in northern syria and thirdly in direct support for the kurdish secession referendum in northern iraq turkey believes that united states actually in direct the support that but even though the u.s. can then that referendum in the u.s. didn't want that referendum to go ahead what is turkey believe that the us supported us said that they should postpone the referendum not cancel the referendum that's the fact that actually so they are afraid that this kurdish the session. trend could have a spill over effect in turkey and that's why tokyo is seeking for alternat

the iraq kurdistan region ok now there are kurds of course not only in iraq but in syria and turkey in iran as well there are also a large kurdish minorities you know how does this play into their aspirations for national identity and even independence. well let me tell you the middle east and the middle east is very complicated it's already a big question just how much iraqi kurdistan is united in their quest for an independent state as i just said before people may be united in the cross but they huge differences when it comes for example to the regional government to the main parties k d p p u k even though they do share the power they are rivalries in between these two parties so that in itself is already complicated so you can rally magine that done having a sort of a common ground between syrian kurds turkish kurds iraqi kurdistan course and kurds in iran it's even more complicated than it thanks much for that as masoud barzani the man who's championed independence for decades steps down in iraqi kurdistan thanks very much for. or catalonia is waking up to its first week under direct

diminished saudi leaders have given their backing to the deescalation zones brokered by russia turkey and iran elsewhere shared economic interests have been bringing the world's two biggest crude oil producers together russia and saudi arabia have cooperated for the last year in cutting production to push prices higher from record lows there are promises of a one billion dollar russia saudi joint energy fund and other investments russia and saudi arabia may not be allies yet but they're certainly not the adversaries they once were rory chalons how does iran moscow catalonia spro and dependence parties are two debates a session from spain following sunday's referendum millions of catalans hope an independent country would remain in the european between france and spain but what they really go as smoothly as they believe warrants late reports from barcelona. the wisdom of the crowd is difficult to resist particularly when the atmosphere is as relaxed and happy as it has been in barcelona. the singalong here is to a protest chuen dating to the franco dictatorship when castle and traditions were s

if you talk to people here in the streets of arbil for example or if you talk to kurds in turkey syria or iran from their heart they would like to have of course a state a whole need for kurds have a problem is just like politicians kurdish politicians are split over the question who should be basically had all of this kurdish state so are the countries the neighboring countries as well so people may be united in that quest but politicized in these countries kurdish minorities are not fun and foster for us and there bill bringing us up to date on the latest developments there thanks very much well catalonia has started its first week under direct rule from spain central government in madrid all titians and civil servants started returning to work amidst uncertainty if they will accept orders from the capital hundreds of thousands of pro unity demonstrators filled barcelona streets on sunday that was two days after separatist leaders declared independence now spain dismissed colonias regional government over the weekend and must now decide if its leaders will be charged with treason. among thos

operation to enforce a so-called deescalation zone in italy province it's part of an agreement between turkey iran and russia more from al jazeera. who is at the jewel of the goes to border crossing on the turkey syria border. the possible the operation is underway but the buildup continues here on the border with syria there are still more reinforcements and more vehicles getting into the military turkish military bases on the border with the promise of. now the stated goal of turkey in operation is to try to see the province of the best part of the ceasefire agreement between the different opposition factions russia and the syrian government but the troops now that crossed into syria are stationed in an area of village called. which is on the . border on the border where this is a territory under the control of. the syrian kurdish faction it seems that the turkish military is trying to take advantage of its deployment inside syria to block the kurds from expanding west towards places like libya and so briefly turkey of two goals first of all material presence in the second and most important i t

which has been designated a future deescalation zone after an agreement was made between turkey russia and iran here is turkey's president now talking about this military operation a new step to secure. what are called. we have opened up a space in our region with operation euphrates shield and now we're making if is to take a step forward by maintaining security and. today there is a serious operation in a loop and it will continue because we have a brother who came to it lib fleeing violence in aleppo we can tell them whatever happens happens you can either die or survive we have to extend a hand to our brothers now this step has been taken and it is underway. so here's a map to satisfy from live you idle com which is actually what a lot of our who controls what maps are based on this is basically northern syria red areas in government the green area is it live province. which is the color for rebel control there it labe city itself close to the turkish border only about fifty kilometers which is obviously why turkey is involving itself here two points to note which i'm going to zoom in on he

turkey, iran and iraq move goods through the a thomas region.he kurds are pushing for independence, still the region's location makes it difficult for the neighboring countries to make good on threats of closing the borders. but is the region so invulnerable? correspondent: business is humming at the border crossing between turkey and iraqi kurdistan. three weeks after the vote for independence, little is changed. the shops are filled with goods, and products are waiting for transit. turkey is threatening to close the coffee and leaders are angry over the vote and are worried about the ripple effect it could have on the kurdish population. such a move would not be easy. many of the goods are only passing through. >> about 70-80 trucks loaded with commodities travel from turkey to iraq on a daily basis. about 90% of the trucks go to the iraqi cities like baghdad. so the greatest dan region is only a -- kurdistan region is really just a transit point. correspondent: it is the tricky part of isolating a region in the middle of the middle east. the

the governments of iraq turkey and iran have joined ranks in announcing measures against iraq's kurdish regional government this follows last month's controversial referendum on the future of kurdish the session from baghdad the non-binding vote was supported by kurds in neighboring countries that as charles trafford finds out from cashion sheikh and northern iraq the effects of secession can be felt across the border in iran as well. these are new recruits members of the armed wing of the iranian kurdish party that's been demanding greater rights for kurds in iran for more than seventy years. the democratic party of iranian good istanbul p d k i is banned in iran but the kurdish regional government of northern iraq has helped fund the party and allowed its members to train here since the one nine hundred ninety s. . it's quite as have served alongside the iraqi peshmerga helping the iraqi army and the international coalition in the battle against leisel its ultimate aim is the same as the iraqi kurds a future independent state the p.k.i. claims it has thousands of fighters based in the

west and south so this is quite a delicate military operation where the turkish government with turkey iran and russia have to call today to now there's a political aspect of this operation but we don't know details about it which is basically the moment you're implementing the deescalation zone who is going to run what kind of role will the free syrian army have and are we going to expect the the whole u.s. which has gained major ground in live to suddenly say you know what we're ready to pull out because if they pull out the absolutely have nowhere to go the government now has gained major territory in different parts of the country and the rebels practically speaking are left with only one area to operate which is it ok hashem thank you for that live for us and the other turkey syria border. in other world news thousands are again marching in barcelona protesting this time against catalonia secession a vote from spain pro independence schools out are expected to hold counter demonstrations in the city spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has ruled out mediation to resolve the crisis and

backed kurdish led troops is seen very differently in media reports coming out of russia turkey iran and a government held damascus six years into this war the story is no less foggy and the truth remains elusive our starting point this week is what's left of iraq as seen through the eyes of a drone camera documenting the. footage gives you delusion that you have a bird's eye view that you see everything and in reality it's just another perspective that is mediated by the knowledge of the real story is continued to be hidden if i speak total costly destructive beyond imagination as these exclusive drone pictures film choose to show the human eyes is what we are looking at and the absence of people and footage adds to the sense of detachment and used to be one of syria's larger cities but is now little more than the rubble this kind of video game image of a destroyed city that most people cannot even relate to it seems like it is fiction in the way. in front the more you think you know based on this sort of drawn footage the less you actually know about the details. in other words con

commission like dad says it wants federal control over kayla ji banks and telephone networks both turkey and iran have held a joint military operations with the iraqi army close to the k r g international borders and a spokesperson for the turkish president received tipler to one says turkey will eventually take control of its kayleigh ji border in coordination with baghdad and tehran kurdish regional government says baghdad's action amounts to collective punishment this is the clear prove that that is not ready for democracy or for dialogue. we from our side will engender violence we reject confrontation we are not force collation and we do not want to provoke but but likewise we have to respect the will of the people of iraq you prime minister hyderabadi says military confrontation is not the solution. but he says there will be no dialogue with the kayleigh ji until the referendum results are made no and void more than ninety two percent of those who voted said yes to eventual kurdish succession the k r g says the kurdish people of iraq have spoken strafford al-jazeera northern iraq . spain has

banks moving out of london the iraqi region of kurdistan as an important hub in the middle east turkey iran and iraq all move their goods to one another through the autonomous region the kurds are pushing for independence still the region's location makes it difficult for neighboring countries to make good on their threats of closing the borders but is the region really so invulnerable. business is humming at the ybor him clear border crossing between turkey and iraqi kurdistan three weeks after kurds in iraq voted for independence a little here seems changed the shops are filled with goods products like these still rods away for the transit turkey is now threatening to close the crossing leaders there are angry over the independence vote and fearful of the ripple effect it could have amongst its own kurdish population with such a move would be easy some traders here say many of the goods are only passing through and that's not good idea meant to get that anybody about seventy to eighty trucks loaded with commodities travel from turkey to iraq on a daily basis about ninety percent of those

international powers intervening and we have a kurdish questions emerging so in turkey i mean turkey and iran are major forces in syria and iraq and i think turkey is making it clear it will not allow for a kurdish expanded tone of mr. can thought of sort to emerge in northern syria just like it will not allow for one to emerge in northern iraq the syrian regime and the iraqi regime agree with that just like iran does interestingly the united states of supports both the iraqi regime and the kurds but does not support the assad regime but supports that be why id is staying on the sidelines so really so many variables so many actors and such a lack of clarity about the way moving forward but clearly that the forces in the region with the most leverage turkey and iran are hostile both to i saw and to the emergence of independent kurdish homeland of sort in northern syria or another terribly complex that marketeer now says thank you thank you afghanistan's deputy interior minister says at least seventy one people have been killed in a series of attacks by the taliban forty one people died in a su

kurdish region tensions been rising between the kurdish regional government and its neighbors iran and turkey after it held a referendum on session session last month iran is the second largest trading partner of the kurdish region after turkey northern iraq relies heavily on imports well the kurdish regional government is also under increasing pressure from baghdad peshmerga forces have rejected a warning from iraqi troops to withdraw from an area south of the disputed province of kirkuk charles traffic reports from west of kirkuk two weeks ago these iraqi government forces were fighting eisel in this area now after their victory they are advancing towards kurdish peshmerga positions the vehicles you can see there in the distance are shia militia vehicles they have moved closer to that burn to that modern wall in the last few minutes the dust you can see on the horizon there the peshmerga are telling us are actually tanks they say there are at least fifty tanks in that convoy the situation on this defensive position with the peshmerga is increasingly tense it was a similar situation to the s

now the syrian opposition far from unified has had some problems with the fact that turkey and iran are involved they say that these the escalation zones have seen violent clashes take place and civilians have been affected the russians have said actually what we're doing is going after groups like. cher and i saw fighters in those areas that we're not attacking civilians now these are closed door talks that are happening today on monday they very much technical talks about who takes what role and what happens now the main focus is on the deescalation zones what role turkey will take what role iran will take and what role russia will take whether these escalate deescalation zones will be extended by another six months they currently do to run for six months also they are going to be talking as you said about prisoner swaps about also bringing in independent observers to the star on a talks process which will allow for much more transparency say the russians now this is being discussed as i say behind closed doors right now but there are delegations here from both the u.s. and the un

district of a car a province near the border with iran a court in turkey has begun to issue verdicts in a major trial linked to the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen a judge has found thirty four of forty seven defendants guilty a group including many military officers they're accused of trying to assassinate president a type or want on the night of that coup two police officers were killed in the hotel where art wine was staying. many of the coup suspects are accused of being members of the so-called coolness movement which the government says orchestrated the attempted overthrow and all more than fifty thousand people are in jail waiting for court proceedings four hundred eighty one senior servicemen and civilians are on trial in ankara and they face charges of murder treason and attempted murder prosecutors say they conducted coup operations from a military base just outside the capital in istanbul thirty journalists and newspaper executives are charged being members of an armed terrorist organization tens of thousands of teachers and public sector workers are also under sus