a new front in syria's war turkey launches and ground attacks on the u.s. backed kurdish fighters in northern syria but what are the implications of uncoerced olive branch operation and what does it leave relations with washington this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program and. incisively began this year asking whether to thousands and eighteen could see the end of in the seventy year long war in syria latest events would suggest the conflict is instead changing course turkey has lost asterix in the north as a direct response to the u.s. decision to back it border security force in the region the force mostly made up of kurdish troops who helped get rid of i still was control of this area of syria neither russia nor syria are happy about the announcement but turkey feels particularly threatened it has violent to quote unquote strangle the force before it's born and it's with that aim that turkey launched the offensive on saturday first targeting the city of offering turkish ground troops crossed into the district on sunday after night of ass riot

turkey. it doesn't make sense to militarize the situation. in syria when the search by russia by iran by turkey is first to stop it as a situation to end the conflict on conflicts in syria and to move to the put in the call process to achieve what happens in geneva. now with in collecting any international reaction been reporting on the what other countries have had to say about turkey's and moves of the past few days the message from damascus is one of condemnation they say that it actually supports terrorists do you think that we could see the syrian army entering into the conflict perhaps. i think that that is a possibility and that's why. while turkey had i think of it it cleared of entry strategy into offer and at this talk of this all petitions turkey must also have a clear exit strategy and is partition as soon as possible to get draw from syrian territory its own soldiers to turkey at the first opportunity otherwise it is a dangerous if not us turkey confrontation but more likely syria and turkey confrontation but i think that we have to keep

is calling for restraint from turkey and its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria and soldiers have entered the enclave of affray in part of an assault to drive a kurdish people's protection unit so why p.g.d. turkey's prime minister says the aim is to create a thirty kilometer safe so staff dekker reports from the turkey syria border. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under

what does this mean that turkey is not on an enemy or syria turkey is not on a number of to us turkeyis a member of nato so it didn't make sense and i think turkey was quite right in person having this step as a direct threat to its national security in light of the recent events the u.s. state department issued a rather measured statement the department spokeswoman said turkey should ensure its military operations were limited in time and scope and said to the president earlier today accused its allies of providing military support to the kids with washington first and foremost in the line of fire ball this lee has details the techies president added one has come out with guns blazing and some pretty harsh rhetoric for the top administration. america do not encroach on our borders do not provoke us and we will run out of patience i told barack obama the same unfortunately i didn't get any response. those who see the backing of us will not stand the turkish nation it is our national struggle. is essentially turning on and has allies he's accused the west of providing weapons and ammun

from under the top stories around syria turkey syria and russia have attacked a u.s. plan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria you know to states announced its support on sunday for the force which it hopes will help to defend territory held by u.s. backed kurdish led fighters in northern syria turkey's president has accused washington of trying to create a terror army. no the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born thirty eight people have been killed after two suicide bombs were set off during rush hour in the iraqi capital baghdad or one hundred others were wounded in the attack which happened in a busy commercial district where laborers had gathered in search of work is the fourth attack on the capital in the past forty eight hours a video has been released which is said to show some of the girls kidnapped from the nigerian town of bog nearly four years ago in a video one of the girls says they are from she

turkey says it's now launched its offensive on the kurdish held on a frame in northern syria after days of shelling turkish jets have carried out air strikes on the border district and they're targeting the kurdish why p.j. turkey's president says the next target will be the syrian town of if you give us back kurdish that force captured from i saw in twenty sixteen stephanie decker has more now from the turkey syria border. shortly before sunset on saturday turkey launched its air campaign on. turkish officials had said that the. president. spoke just a few hours before the jets to call them a cult then they're going to go to. this corridor or step by step of the way this. has defectors started in the field this will be followed by bad since the promises . kept so far nobody can say with. throughout the morning along turkey's western border with the turkish army had brought in bulldozers gravel and concrete blocks appearing to build up their defenses along the border with syria. tank shelled specific locations on the mountain hours later this mountain would be targeted by airstrikes the

does this mean turkey is not an enemy or syria turkey is not an enemy of to us turkey is a member of nato so it didn't make sense and i think turkey was quite right in person having this step as a direct threat to its national security. in light of recent events the u.s. state department issued a rather measured statement to the farm a spokesperson said turkey should ensure its military operations were limited in time and scope that's after the turkish president earlier accused our allies of providing military support to the kurds with washington first and foremost in the line of fire has more the technician president added one has come out with guns blazing and some pretty harsh rhetoric for the trump administration.

does this mean turkey is not an enemy or syria turkey is not an enemy of to us turkey is a member of nato so it didn't make sense and i think turkey was quite right in percy having this step as a direct threat to its national security in all the turkish president has been speaking out about the ongoing military operation he's accusing his allies of providing military support to the kurds with washington first and foremost in his line of fire police lyrics like. the turkish president added one has come out with guns blazing and some pretty harsh rhetoric for the trump administration loves us old little boy america do not encroach on our borders do not provoke us we will run out of patience i told brock obama the same unfortunately i don't get any response . those who see the backing of the us will not stand the turkish nation it is our national struggle is essentially turning on and has allies he's accused the west of providing weapons and ammunition to the kurdish militia he says that aside from five thousand trucks weapons and ammunition from some two thousand planes has been provid

cnn's sam kiley is on the border in turkey and syria to explain what is happening. morning. >> reporter: no surprise that rex tillerson is urging restraint. this is a war with american allies. turkey is the second largest offensive in the alliance. the kurds which have been bombarded with artillery and rockets are the most important militia alongside american and british and other special forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state. that, of course, was successful further to the east of these mountain changes. as far as turkey was concerned, that success is disastrous. the reason for that is the kurds have been fighting a separatist war for decades using the mountains as inside syria as a launch pad for attacks against turkey. the american announcement a couple of weeks ago they were going to back the establishment of the 30,000 man mostly kurdish force to secure the border with turkey and iraq with the islamic state enraged the turks. that is where there will be steady tension with the allies. >> sam kiley, thank you so much on the turkey/syria border.

the latest round of russia led talks on syria's future is set to begin later on monday the meeting is backed by turkey and iran and will be attended by un special envoy for syria but main syrian opposition groups are not going. and the syrian government to stop bombing parts of it live airstrikes have killed thirteen civilians including women and children in just the past twenty four hours oppositions accusing the government and its allies of using banned weapons like cluster bombs and napalm on civilians the kurds are also boycotting the sochi meeting they are the focus of the turkish military operation in northern syria anchor of use there the groups there fighting the fighting groups rather as terrorists at least fifty one civilians including seventeen children have been killed in fighting near efraim stephanie checker joins us now from kilis on the turkey syria border so there's a lot to cover staff let's start with the operation in a frame what's the latest there that we know. well it's relatively quiet were in the same location as yesterday behind us i'll just get to show you where that intensiv

he gets to avoid the talk i know that turkey is violating international law with its intervention in syria and. it's absurd to think about upgrading these tanks or start all up be against can kind of there should be no arms exports to turkey i want to know what foreign ministers he discussed with his turkish counterpart was it all about an arms deal. that was just under three weeks ago the aim to foster better relations then on monday the turkish foreign minister to protect civilians it fell on deaf ears turkey's president or do one says the military action is justified. because enough rina determined to defend themselves. good look i wish our forces strength we are united and we don't fear our do on his planes and his weapons. he took in the one nine hundred ninety s. turkey used old east german army weapons against the kurds in turkey and history is repeating itself in syria. and it's not just german tanks german military trucks have also been spotted on the syrian border. this article look at some other stories making news around the bond meanwhile says it's preparing reception camps fo

president has threatened to attack the kurdish city of a frame stuff techer is tennant's hockey on the turkey syria border turkey has been beefing up its military along the border again strong words we've had threats before but this time it seems a little more serious the timing is interesting many people will tell you a it has to do with beefing up national support ahead of elections that could be brought forward this year and also if he does go in and try to establish control there to strengthen his hand at the negotiating table we are having a few drinks coming up in also and also in sochi in russia later this month israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank israeli police are searching for the killer of a rabbi who was shot dead a week ago. human rights activists are praising the ethiopian government for releasing four hundred political prisoners including an opposition leader or a catena was detained two years ago when hundreds were killed in a crackdown on romo people protesting against discrimination. fire on a bus in kazakhstan ha

turkey is mobilizing thousands of free syrian army rebels inside syria and it would take them a convoy of buses as part of a military operation against syrian kurdish fighters known as the why p.g. in the syrian town of a free in turkey calls them a terrorist group has intensified shelling on nothing in recent days and turkish officials say an offensive is imminent spokesman for us to get terrorists is warning against increased military activity in the region we've seen the reports of shelling in africa we reiterate or call on all concerned parties to avoid further escalation in any acts that could deepen the suffering of the syrian people all parties must ensure protection of civilians at all times under any circumstances. joins us live now from the turkey syria border stephanie what activity is saying that. when the last hour or so we've heard about two or three. bodies of shelling just landed around that way were around less than a kilometer away from the syrian border also i'll just step out of shot and that there was some tanks that were just sort of maneuvering around their base

been present working with the syrian kurds turkey's situation now is that both united states is doubling down on its support for the kurds in one part of syria and russia seems to be increasingly interested in bringing them into the diplomatic process and ending the syrian civil war leaving turkey with no one to turn to what about nato his role in all this nic i have a comment here from one of our viewers on facebook steven who says it's hard to get nato it to go against the u.s. given the u.s. is responsible for so much of nato funding do you agree with that. yeah i mean i think given especially that the other nato members from their point of view are also like the united states far more focused on the threat of isis and turkey is really unique in being focused on the threat from syrian kurdish fighters it's you know turkey is at odds rightly or wrongly with the consensus of nato on this issue thank you for speaking to a snake in the danforth is a senior policy analyst at the bipartisan policy center he was joining us on the news great from washington thank you for your insight and you know there's a very good explainer on al-jazeera dot co

turkey has always been an easy with kurdish control of areas on the other side of its border with syria it's now engaged in a must of assault on the kurdish forces known as peoples protection units or y p g in our three in district turkey considers the us backed y p d an extension of the kurdish rebel group p k k that it was for four decades and korea has been angered by the y.p.s. expansion in more than syria after the us backed into the group and the fight against all but of the washington state it will train an army to patrol the border region with the wipe india as a key component tuckey responded with its own military. offensive air strikes and ground up tuck's potentially puts taki in conflict with its nato ally and turkey may expand its operation in mosul in syria to the city of mumbai each of the of three and has been cleared the task of taking of a member it will fall off auction of the free syrian army that's allied to the syrian government whether the us will try to convince turkey from taking mumble as it's done in the past is unclear at this stage russia syria's ally says i

turkey syria and russia have attacked the us clan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria circus president accused washington of trying to create a terror army and pledged to quote drown its before it comes into being and the syrian government has vowed to drive the u.s. presence from its territory the u.s. says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey and to the east with iraq it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces who turkey considers terrorists yes yes it is a u.s. backed alliance of kurdish and arab fighters which currently controls over almost twenty five percent of syrian territory in the north east while turkey is present at your type heard iran says it is vital to stand up to the u.s. . showed it didn't exist. now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born. i'll send him the signal who has more from an attack in turkey near the border with syria prisons are d

turkey syria and russia have attacked a u.s. plan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria so this president accused washington of trying to create sites hair all me and pledge to quote drown it before it comes into being on the syrian government has vowed to drive the u.s. . from its territory the u.s. says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey to the east where they rock it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces who took a concert this terrorists a.s.d.f. is a u.s. backed alliance of kurdish and ira fighters which currently controls almost twenty five percent of syrian territory in the north and east russia says it's us plot to partition syria which allan's reports from moscow sleep but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the us on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow surrogate lavrov said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks to syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also

fighters free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria that turkey supports inside syria to the east resupply also being told that some of those fighters are ventured out fleeing across the border from turkey we're trying to confirm that politically briefly. the russians have said they did have around three hundred military personnel in are fleeing they have now moved them out and i think it's clear that the russians have given tacit green light to this because they control the airspace they control the skies so seeing turkey flying air sorties means that the russians have agreed to this however we have heard from the russians saying that they're concerned about this they're watching it closely and that they urge constraint at the same time you've got the tarkhan for turkish foreign minister here calling on diplomats from iran the u.s. and russia in a meeting right now so certainly you can see the international players that have a stake in this but certainly it's been a week in the making politicians here are saying that it was going to happen regardless whether they got

turkey's intervention in northern syria took place with the tacit support of russia. e is no way that turkey was met fighterjet could there is no way that turkey was met fighter jet could undertake there is no way that turkey was met fighterjet could undertake these bombardments that we saw today or that any turkish soldiers could cross the border into northern syria. we see simply that turkey and russia and iran are coming closer together to bring a lasting settle m e nt together to bring a lasting settlement to syria, through what is called the astana agreement. it is not built much result but as long as they are talking the likelihood of a greater war is reduced. donald trump has been marking his first year in office while trying to work out one of the trickiest problems washington politics has to offer — getting the republicans and democrats to agree. their failure to reach a budget deal — despite the president's personal intervention — means the us federal government has been largely shut down since midnight on friday. david willis reports. marking the first anniv

syria is exactly the sign. that the syrian operation doesn't come without risks for turkey of a not sever rockets from syria landed in a turkish border city one person has been reported wounded as turkey escalates its involvement in syria the dangers for civilians grow on both sides of the border. correspondent delia han joins us for more you know you know we understand that turkish forces have crossed the border into syria and are attacking the african region what more can you tell us. well this weekend turkey opened another front in the syrian war a war that is going on for nearly seven years now making an already very complex situation even more complex yes we have consumation by the military now that the ground offensive has started turkish soldiers have moved into a friend alongside fighters of the so-called free syrian army that's a rebel group supported by ankara and the language coming from the turks is that this is just going to be the start that they're then going to move into another town called monday which about one hundred kilometers further north and there are turkish media reports saying that turke

kurdish civilians fear that they will become targets after turkey threatened to attack fighters in syria which it considers to be terrorists the turkish military is preparing to strike kurdish why p.g. fighters who form part of a new u.s. backed border force turkey's president called on the nato military alliance for support accusing the u.s. of violating its interests he says his military's operation is likely to center on afrin to sirius and him closely all reports now from the turkey syria border. that is one of many kurds whose grandparents left northern syria years ago but he still has family in africa which is caused by on the syrian side of the border to maine and his relatives there are growing increasingly worried as turkey prepares for a military operation against few aspect kurdish why previous fighters. the military has i'm no friend of the y. p.g. they recruit young boys and girls that's why my brother in laws fled after in a move to stumble four years ago the weapons provided to those fighters by the us scares me my village is the closest to afrin we don't feel at peace whi

the money now the top stories on our syria turkey syria and russia have attacked a u.s. plan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria you know the states announced its support on sunday for the force which it hopes will help to defend territory held by u.s. backed kurdish led fighters in northern syria to he's president to accuse washington of trying to create a terra army. shut it. now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born a video has been released which is said to show some of the girls kidnapped from the nigerian town of shit broke nearly four years ago in the video one of the girls says they're from she book and a never coming back nearly three hundred girls were abducted from their school by the on group boko haram in april twenty fourth teen about sixty escapes you know afterwards and around one hundred as to would have to be in captivity tens of thousands of jobs are at risk following the collapse of the

al-jazeera turkey syria border there are also in syria activists and monitors say deescalation agreements are doing nothing to stop the slaughter of civilians in a pocket of opposition territory on the outskirts of damascus eastern gives us proximity to the capital is made it an obvious target for syrian government forces and that allies who have had it under siege for years the area is controlled by fighters loyal to the free syrian army russian and syrian government airstrikes are said to have killed more than three hundred people there in just the past two months that's despite the fact that eastern he's in one of the four deescalation zones set up earlier than last year by russia iran and turkey these places shaded in black are supposed to be safe havens where fighting isn't allowed. and these are some of the latest pictures coming out of eastern cuter the u.n. says it's heard of people sheltering underground fearing for their lives if they emerge it says medical facilities have been hit in recent days on the fighting has closed schools when students should be sitting exams. the damag

and i would i would comment on the situation between turkey and syria turkey is indeed attacking syria but turkey has an interest in syria the terrorism problem and the kurdish problem for turks is very real the united state is illegally in syria so the united states shouldn't be throwing stones at at anyone when it comes to the situation currently in syria and this whole concept of a of a thirty thousand man border guard is just totally ridiculous the turks let it happen the syrians won't let it happen and then the iraqis won't even let it happen what do you need to know michael you mentioned ukraine earlier here i mean what explain because i don't understand it what is in the national interest of the united states of america to be giving offensive weapons to ukraine when we know and our viewers that have been watching crosstalk over the years know the importance of the minsk accord ok it's not perfect but it's certainly slowed things down cooled things down now we have legislation that is not reported in western media that the ukrainians have walked away from it unilaterally and now

does this mean turkey is not an enemy or syria turkey is not an enemy of to us turkey is a member of nato so it didn't make sense and i think turkey was quite right in person to bring this stuff as a direct threat to its national security. meanwhile the turkish president has been speaking out on the ongoing military operation has accused his allies of providing military support to the kurds let's not cross live to poland clear to him more about what was said now paula what was said in another one speech. well the turkish president is essentially turning on and has allies he's accused the west and in particular the united states of providing weapons and ammunition to the kurdish militia he says that aside from five thousand trucks weapons and ammunition from some two thousand planes has been provided the turkish president also saying to quote that his allies are dishonest when they do not admit to the fact that they have been supplying weapons to terrorists and here of course he's referencing the kurdish militia known as the diaper genie take a listen. lot of those old little boy amer

stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. or fear as mark said is the a junks professor of a professor at george washington university he had lined the american position on turkey's covered actions there's certainly a domestic component to all the rhetoric coming out of turkey and even here in washington there's an understanding of why president early one needs to conduct this military operation in fact i would go as far as saying and there there might be even a tacit acceptance that as long as turkish troops remain on the west bank of the euphrates river but washington might decide to look the other way and not come to the assistance of its kurdish allies on the ground now if turkey decides to cross the river to the east side that's a whole different story because that's where u.s. national interests are at stake i think washington after quite some time of president trump coming into office articulated a syria policy one that aims to preserve u.s. gains in syria the u.s. had been involved in trying to push isis out and now th

is news coming to you live from berlin the turkish military offensive in syria enters its fifth day we're on the road with turkey's allies in syria as they move to clear kurdish militias away from the border and these fighters are confident of success also coming up global elites gather for a second day of their most mountain tops in davos but in switzerland capital zurich business and capitalism protesters take to the streets. bus water water everywhere but not a drop to drink maybe next to the ocean but a rapidly running out of drinking water the authorities are close to turning off all but essential water supplies in south africa's second biggest city. i'm terry march and welcome to the program. there is no letup in turkey's military offensive against kurdish militias in northern syria despite international calls for restraint the united nations says the fighting has already displaced five thousand people and left vulnerable civilians trapped but i chris says it will press on with this whole operation against the kurdish militias on its border it regards them as terrorists. attacked his townhouse size only a fe

al-jazeera turkey syria border. activists and monitors say the four deescalation zones set up last year by russia iran and turkey are doing nothing to stop the slaughter of civilians they were supposed to be safe havens that regime forces act by russia are attacking eastern ghouta to retake the opposition held territory on the outskirts of the capital damascus or three hundred people have been killed there in just the past two months it province is also being targeted by a government offensive more than one point one million people fled there just get the government's onslaught on aleppo the third and fourth deescalation zones are northern homs province and the rebel controlled south including parts of dera and canadian provinces and in some of the reports live and eastern huta are the only places where syrians are suffering. more bombs are being dropped by syrian government and russian warplanes on the besieged rebel held district near the capital damascus is home to four hundred thousand people activists aboard do

reports for turkey syria border.is one of many kurds whose grandparents left northern syria years ago but he still has family in africa which is close by on the syrian side of the border to maine and his relatives there are growing increasingly worried as turkey prepares for a minute through operation against you aspect kurdish why preview fighters. i'm no friend of the why they recruit young boys and girls that's why my brother in law's fled after and moved to stumble four years ago the weapons provided to those find his body u.s. scares me my village is the closest to offer and we don't feel at peace while our people have their. the wife is in control of the land just beyond us will the us reckons its fighters are key to wiping out i saw in syria that's infuriated turkey which considers the y.p. g. to be an extension of the p.k. k. a kurdish group which turkey the us the european union deemed a terrorist organization. have never been for turkey six years ago after the syrian war. my freedom football association pol

but opposed by turkey so if a decade has more from the turkey syria border. shortly before sunset on saturday turkey launched its air campaign on a free turkish officials had said all week that the operation was imminent. much of the president. spoke just a few hours before the jets to call them. go to go to we would wipe out this corridor or step by step starting from the west africa operation has defectors started in the field this will be followed but. since the promises made. and kept so far nobody can say anything when we do what is necessary. throughout the morning along turkey's western border with the turkish army had brought in bulldozers gravel and concrete blocks appearing to build up their defenses along the border with syria. tank shell specific locations on the mountain and hours later this mountain would be targeted by airstrikes the army made us move from this position a few hours before the campaign officially began and this is just one of the locations that the turkish army is shelling out free in is pretty much surrounded turkey to its west

driving along these roads because of course not only is there the eastern front which is inside syria turkey together with the free syrian army forces have also been going in across the border into syria along various parts of this northern and western borders that turkey has with after having said all that we have managed to speak to some people inside sources who will tell us that the situation for the civilians is incredibly difficult because what they say of random shelling into border towns particularly the areas of rajkot engine that is which is sort of further down this section so incredibly difficult situation for them aid very difficult to get into the the kurdish red crescent operating there we've seen some pictures hard to verify but some of them are certainly incredibly difficult not sure if you picked that up but that was outgoing as well so it is it's an active frontline in turkey very much adamant that it is going to continue until it's pushed the white p.g. which they have coursed call the terrorist organization away from its borders for the moment stuff and leave it on the c

syria. the monday border new development with turkey opening a new front in the ground offensive free syrian army fighters will now move towards africa and from the east. initially the f.s.a. forces entered syria through turkey from its west and northern borders and after the airstrikes and heavy shelling helped pave the way in the first twenty four hours turkey says it is targeting y p g fighters a kurdish group it says is a terrorist organization which also happens to be america's strongest ally in fighting isis and in syria as ever complicated web of regional and international allegiances enter russia key to allowing turkey to operate in a free mean something many already knew but the turkey's president admitted to on monday for the first time. we will handle a free there's no stepping back from a free we discussed this with our russian friends we have an agreement with them. turkey's top military officials and intelligence chief for in moscow in the run up to the offensive russia had military personnel in africa in which it has now pulled out the people of africa and we've spoken to feel

orson casilla is our correspondent in attacking turkey's border with syria it seems that turkey has a war on two fronts to a certain extent it's trying to deal with both russia and syria in the airstrikes on internally displaced people in those deescalation zones and now this new front with the united states and its support for kurdish fighters in the north of the country what are its options and its possibilities. so hell yes the possibility of a military operation in often was kind of weak at the beginning when president add on started stating this like about a year ago but now we see that turkey has also backed from russia and also the syrian regime agrees the same reviews over the security forces stationing in syria iraq and turkey iraq war do from turkish perspective i can say that despite united states claims that they are trying to provide security and stop the illegal infiltration of the radical insurgencies to the area turkey takes it as perceives it as a threat because turkey believes that the white p.g. is an offshoot of p.k. k. could to some workers party as we have watche

russia and syria itself turkey's president says washington is trying to create a terror army and he's pledged to quote drown it before it comes into being the u.s. says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey and to the east with iraq it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces but the s.d.f. is led by kurdish fighters that turkey views as allies to the p.k. k. a band kurdish group active inside turkey. syria says the plan is an attack on a summer and russia is describing it as a plot to partition the country from moscow or a challenge of force it's the youth but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the us on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow a lover of said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also opposes the plan he's attacking reports of the u.s. backed kurdish border force russia type of says turkey will launch its own military operation against the kurds in the northern syrian city of a free shot at that it is secure w

nasr another group that today are onetime there i says and today most of them to regroup in turkey and syria controlled by turkey sections and now under different group called free syrian army or syrian army that is controlled been supported by tricky those groups most of them are isis and radical islamist terrorist organization their movement and they're moving and the kurds to help turkey and really capture those areas they're not there to help the syrian people or stop the war in syria against assad as they did they were to help their brothers and idlib right now it's been us under assault by assad so they're only attacking the kurds and this is destabilizing in our opinion turkey is always supported islamists and now their hand with iran they're going to further be a threat to the international community to russia to america to the european and that need to be stopped and we're disappointed that the russia pulled out their troops and american are not back in the course of the moment. well i just want to talk more about how washington has been too. betraying because it's their partners th

support for kurds in syria is leading to threats of retaliation from turkey the u.s. led coalition plans to set up a thirty thousand strong force in syria just across the border with turkey take this president thinks the kurdish led force is a threat and is valid to attack the city of afrin in northern syria afrin is a major stronghold of y.p. kurdish fighters taking considers the y.p. g a terrorist group linked to kurdistan workers party or the p.k. k. fighters waged a long war against turkish dominance but in a hundred ports. turkish president today chip tayyip erdogan and using a party address to look staunch in the face of a u.s. backed kurdish force on his southern border he promised to respond with a show of force saying to a key will launch its own military operation and the northern syrian city of buffeting not so still a lot of religion that just like we do not let the kurdistan workers party or open their eyes within our borders we are determined to vanquish them on the other side of fall border god willing in the coming days we will continue the operation to

civilians fear they'll become targets and the attack is likely to center on the african region in the turkey syria border reports. really out about is one of many kurds whose quest parents left northern syria years ago but he still has family in africa which is close by on the syrian side of the border to maine and his relatives there are growing increasingly worried as turkey prepares for a military operation against few aspect kurdish wifely fighters. the military has no friends of the y. p.g. they recruit young boys and girls that's why my brother in laws fled after in a move to establish four years ago the weapons provided to those fighters by the us scares me my village is the closest to afrin we don't feel at peace while our people are there. the wife is in control of the land just beyond us war the us reckons its fighters are key to wiping out eisel in syria. that infuriated turkey which considers the y.p. g. to be an extension of the p.k. k. a kurdish group which turkey the us the european union deemed a terrorist organization. have never been for turkey six years ago after the syrian war.

and i would i would comment on the situation between turkey and syria turkey is indeed attacking syria but turkey has an interest in syria the terrorism problem and the kurdish problem for turks is very real the united state is illegally in syria so the united states shouldn't be throwing stones at at anyone when it comes to the situation currently in syria and this whole concept of a of a thirty thousand man border guard is just totally ridiculous the turks let it happen the syrians won't let it happen and then the iraqis won't even let it happen well you know michael you mentioned ukraine earlier here i mean what explain because i don't understand it what is in the national interest of the united states of america to be giving offensive weapons to ukraine when we know and our viewers that have been watching crosstalk over the years know the importance of the minsk accord ok it's not perfect but it's certainly slowed things down cooled things down now we have legislation that is not reported in western media that the ukrainians have walked away from it unilaterally and now they're ver

mark lowen reports from near the turkey—syria border. it began today, operation olive branch. 16fighterjets pounding an enclave of north and syria under the control of the syrian kurdish militia. rebel fighters are on the ground as part of the offensive. turkey sees the ypg as a terrorist group. links to their own pkk. they have been fighting an urgency here in turkey since the 1980s. it is a dangerous operation because the americans support ypg in the fight against islamic state. this operation puts turkey in confrontation with its nato ally the us to america's support for the ypg has consistently infuriated the turkish government and the regime has said they will shoot down any turkish jet violating syrian airspace. yet they have gone ahead, determined to reduce the territorial control of the ypg, fearing that they will consolidate territory. this operation could bog turkey down in a long and potentially deadly military offensive. mary lou mcdonald is confirmed as the only candidate nominated to replace gerry adams as sinn fein president. both us houses of congress will be ba

the latest round of russian led talks on syria's future will get underway shortly it's backed by turkey and iran will be attended by a u.n. special envoy for syria but the main opposition groups they're not going. in the syrian government to stop bombing parts of it live airstrikes have killed sixteen civilians including women and children in just the past twenty four hours the opposition's accusing the government and its allies of using banned weapons including cluster bombs and napalm on civilians the kurds are also boycotting the sochi meeting or the focus of a turkish military operation in northern syria anger abuse those fighting groups there as terrorists at least fifty one civilians including seventeen children have been killed near afraid stephanie decker joins us now from kill us on the turkey syria border there is a lot of ground to cover so let's start with the latest on what's happening in a friend stephanie. we can hear our airstrikes in the distance we have seen jets overhead where we are yesterday. just behind us that was a very active front important because of course on

plan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria turkey's president accused washington are trying to create a terror army and the syrian government has vowed to drive the u.s. president from its territory the u.s. says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey and to the east with iraq it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces in turkey consider terrorists russia says it's a u.s. plot to partition syria or a challenge reports from moscow. it's the youth but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the u.s. on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow surrogate lavrov said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also opposes the plan he's attacking reports of the u.s. backed kurdish border force. says turkey will launch its i would military operation against the kurds in the northern syrian city of a free shot at that it is secure balling now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along