and other 400000 people have been displaced let's go live now to local mayors which is on the turkey syria border how does your opponents myth is that what's been happening where you are. aging wall behind me is a turkish observation post a turkish you might be able to make out in the distance and on the other side that settlement is up from a refugee camp in syria it's home to about 600000 people here and at other points along the turkey syria border there seems have been a concerted effort by some internally displaced syrians to rush the border and head just on the other side of the hill they managed to get through one of the border gates it's an indication really of the desperation many syrian internally displaced people feel as though russian backed syrian forces pound. on the small towns and villages near it as they try and retake this last part of rebel held territory the u.n. estimates now perhaps as many as a 1000000 internally displaced syrians a heading north to escape the fighting there living paying rent to shelter on the trees there living in the open they have no food no wate

the bombardment of hundreds of thousands of refugees coming this way heading north towards the turkey syria border and the u.n. saying maybe as many as 8000000 people have been displaced in northern syria many of them heading this way and it is what the turkish government is really worried about it doesn't want hundreds of thousands more displaced syrians on its border amongst them many many very hardened fighters from not hardcore still holding out in a tree so what's led to this announcement by russia of the unilateral cease fire beginning saturday morning. we've got no response but it's all from the rebel groups even the main rebel group in it too it's russian announcements of a cease fire you know the russians of all said obviously that they hope it will be respected on the other side of the battle front the has been a lot of to and fro between turkey and russia in the past few days president made a visit to moscow a couple of days ago he's been on the phone since with the russian president vladimir putin to impress on him how serious he believes the refugee internally displaced person

people have now fled their homes, according to the u.n., and many are headed north toward the turkey-syriaident calls that a humanitarian disaster -- threat to his country's national security. -- humanitarian disaster, and a threat to his national security. anchor: protesters in indonesia prison as they call for independence. at least one soldier was killed. the protests were triggered by video online showing security forces using dogs. students held a peaceful rally in the capital of jakarta. the government cut internet pro -- cut internet last week to try to curb the protests. the south korean supreme court orders a retrial in the bribery head of techthe giant samsung which could see him go back to jail. it's part of the scandal which saw the president impeached and removed from office. we have more from seoul. correspondent: as well as one of the words does the world up estrace most powerful business leader, his imprisonment in 2017 sent shockwaves. the prospect of him returning to president is equal -- returning to prison is equally dramatic. he was caught up in the scandal that brough

stuffed at all times and they are vigilant barna smith has the latest from book or less on the turkey syria border. over there in the syria is adamant refugee camp home to some 600000 internally displaced syrians and it was there and at other points along the turkey syria border early on friday that a few 1000 syrians tried to rush the border and here they managed to get through one of the gates before they were pushed back by the turkish security forces but an indication really of the desperate circumstances the syrians fleeing the fighting and find themselves in forced to pay rent to sleep under trees to sleep in the open with no access to sanitation or food they really desperately want to escape the fighting and that is why the turkish authorities especially will hope that this unilateral cease fire announced by the russians that begins on saturday morning will for the time being put a stop to that flow of refugees turkey sees it as a national security crisis and a humanitarian emergency a national security crisis and threat because amongst those fighters those people coming from are sus

turkey and the s.d.f. share with the cardinal in syria. saying the whole doha's more of the talks from ghazi on tip on the turkish syrian border. for months the united states and turkey have been engaged in discussions over what turkey calls a safe zone along syria's north eastern border as i was negotiations have been difficult differences but it has been difficult really for the united states to try to balance the interests and demands by 2 allies turkey being a nato ally the syrian armed kurdish group the why p.g. is an ally of the united states in its fight against the i saw. the differences really have been over the length and the depths of the zone as well as who will control the zone and most importantly the fate of the wife p.g. turkey considers the y.p. geo terrorist organization and if it wants the group to be in its words neutralized but do knighted states want to continue to cooperate with this actor in syria it's what he calls a partner in syria in the in the ongoing fight against isis so it is not clear if the these 2 countrie

people have now fled their homes according to the u.n. a many of them are heading north towards the turkey syria border turkey's president calls that a humanitarian disaster and a threat to his country's national security bernard smith al-jazeera an taqiyya. protesters in indonesia's papar province have burned buildings and stormed a prison as thousands again called for independence at least one soldier was killed in the riots in the eastern province the demonstrations were triggered by video circulated online showing security forces calling papen students monkeys and dogs students also held a peaceful rally in the capital jakarta the government cut internet access to the province last one to try to curb the protests south korea's supreme court has ordered a retrial in the bribery case against j y e the head of tech giant samson which could see him go back to jail it's part of a corruption scandal which saw former president park and hey preached and removed from office robert wright has more from seoul. as one of the country's most powerful business leaders jay wiley's imprisonment in 2017 cents

over the depth of the zone and who would control it and its myth has more from antakya on the turkey syria border. the turkish and u.s. military have been discussing for a long time now what exactly a safe zone along the turkish syria border would comprise of how deep into syrian territory would go whether it would be joint patrols with the u.s. and turkish troops or just the u.s. troops patrolling on their own the turkish defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint operations center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of the. of this is a joint operation center has been established fear they continue the work the 1st drone flew on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started syrian regime forces are now pushing against the last of the major rebel held area in northern syria that's been the province and as they do that more internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and they're h

trying to rethink its presence militarily politically once syria splinters or is divided. turkey's interest i would say is to keep syria as much of a unitary state as possible several times turkish president on himself has said that turkey does not wish to see an autonomous kurdish region in northeastern syria in northern syria the way there is now a kurdistan regional government in the north of iraq even though turkey still enjoys fairly good relations with the k r g with the iraqi kurdistan regional government. it possum acres an uncharacteristically do not cannot foresee a scenario where they could enjoy similarly good relations with an autonomous kurdish administrator can in northern syria that has of course much to do with the fact that ideologically whatever syrian kurdish autonomous administration has established in order to syria it would have ideologically a very different outlook on turkey's kurdish question than that of iraq's k r g just so i see a party's 1st issue is to maintain syria as a unitary state and to find a space in northern syria to repopulates some of the s

we're joined now by bernard smith in book will miss on the turkey syria border bernard where you are lots of people who've been displaced by this recent fighting have been trying to make haste to get away haven't they what's the situation there now julie just over my shoulder in syria that's our main refugee camp and it's one of the places where earlier on today at various border points along the syrian border there was a concerted effort by some internally displaced syrians to sort of rush the border and here just beyond the hill they managed to breach a border gate and get into the turkish side we've not been allowed over there by the turkish military but it's an indication really of just how desperate the conditions are for many internally displaced syrians as the russian but assad regime baz down on adelaide with this incredible heavy bombardment of italy and his environs as a consequence of that the u.n. says now many as a 1000000 internally displaced syrians are heading this way to the turkey syria border living in the open paying to shelter under trees with no food and sanitat

people have now fled their homes according to the u.n. a many of them are heading north towards the turkey syria border turkey's president calls that a humanitarian disaster and a threat to his country's national security bernard smith al-jazeera untac yes it is to here since i saw was if you see in iraq that more than 1600000 people a still displaced thank you 300000 from the city of mosul iraqis are returning home because of security fears destroyed homes and a lack of jobs from the dark out for the displaced in mosul some of binge of age reports. life in a tent is exposed to all kinds of weather but even these makeshift homes are a blessing for hundreds of thousands of iraqis from mosul what used to be iraq's 2nd largest city. 11 year old earth month old man was blinded in one eye and suffered nerve damage when he was hit by mortar shrapnel. is now mentally challenged our house in mosul was leveled life is so hard and i can't go home there is nothing there here in the camp we have access to services i can't pay the rent outside the tent the people of mosul from north to south are the victims

turkey and the s.d.f. share with the article in syria. saying the whole doha's more of the talks from ghazi on tip on the turkish syrian border. for months the united states and turkey have been engaged in discussions over what turkey calls a safe zone along syria's north eastern border those negotiations have been difficult differences it has been difficult really for the united states to try to balance the interests and demands by 2 allies turkey being a nato ally the syrian armed kurdish group the y p g is an ally of the united states in its fight against eisel. the differences really have been over the length and the steps of the road as well as who will control those zones and most importantly the fate of the wife p.g. turkey considers the rice ligi a terrorist organization and its wants the group to be in its words neutralized but the united states wants to continue to cooperate with this actor in syria it's what it calls a partner in syria in the in the ongoing fight against eisel so it is not clear if the these 2 countries will be

qaida refused to leave the area now it's not clear how long turkey has to implement this agreement the russian reconciliation center in syria is mentioning a 24 hour deadline we haven't been able to confirm whether are not there is the 24 hour deadline but definitely it will be difficult for turkey to achieve the creation of a zone in just a few hours especially since h.t.s. high up that leadership and other opposition groups have not declared their willingness to leave this demilitarized zone measures to detect in the democratic republic of congo may only be identifying home of.

hopes of creating a safe zone in northern syria but neither side can see eye to eye on how deep that safe zone should be who should be in control of it turkey wants complete control and whether or not the white p.g. the kurdish fighters based in the region should be forced completely from that part of syria why p.g. were close allies with the united states armed by the u.s. to and were heavily involved in the fight against eisel the white b.g. of youth here in turkey is a terrorist organization the turkish leadership growing levels of frustration when it comes to talks with the united states and the 1st sign of how frustrated the country is over the weekend president reminded the worlds that turkey would be prepared to stage its own incursion east of the euphrates this would be the 3rd incursion into syria by turkey in the last few years but in addition to this standoff between the u.s. and turkey is the dispute over turkey's decision to buy the russian made s. 400 missile system seen as being not compatible with turkey's mende membership of the nato alliance in response the united states hit back by expelling turkey from the f. 35 stealth

now we begin with a meeting that could help decide the course of the war in syria the presidents of turkey and russia have met near moscow that amir putin and russia. have been backing opposing sides in syria they say they've now discussed joint steps in tackling the fighting in italy province the 2 leaders also talks about a major weapons deal and putin confirmed russia has delivered a 2nd battery of its as 400 missile defense system but ending the violence in syria to be the main focus of the talks president putin emphasize their common goal was securing syria's lost rebel held province you know. we and our turkish partners have serious concerns about the deescalation zone and live terrorist continue to show russian positions and syrian forces they try to attack russian bases we hope that the deescalation zone will be a refuge for the rebels and should not be a platform to make attacks we discuss joint measures to neutralize terrorist hotbeds and it lube and to normalize the situation in this region and in syria as a whole we spoke with mr erdogan about it in detail and we found understa

which is the last rebel stronghold in the country but a smith reports from antakya close to the turkey syria border and a warning his report does contain pictures that some of you may find disturbing people living in the rebel held province of face a perhaps impossible dilemma stay in your home with the risk it could be flattened at any time by an as strike all run into open country with no shelter food or sanitation it would be miraculous if anyone who decided to stay here survived this bombing nowhere is safe so. serious russian military has stepped up its efforts to take it live according to people living there and groups monitoring the conflict. the man with this phone is saying his final press. it's to the south of it lips city. it sits next to a highway the regime wants to control as it advances on it lip. there is always hope that someone will have survived beneath the rubble all night but all the rescue workers keep finding of bodies. children's bodies. there will be no miracles tonight a syrian government forces step up the pressure on a globe a 1000000 people have now fled their ho

only displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again i'm heading north towards the turkey syria border as many as half a 1000000 people heading that way according to the un turkey is not going to let those refugees in and it doesn't warm them a must sing along the border is why turkey wants to get this safe zone running as quickly as possible the challenge of the turks is how big is the us a safe zone going to be they want it 30 kilometers into syria the americans want a much narrower safe zone i'm not the turks wanted a lot deeper because they also want to push back syrian kurdish fighters they consider very allied to terrorist. to turkish kurdish groups in turkey the americans though working with the syrian kurds they don't want them pushed as far back at least 11 people have been killed in fighting in yemen between u.a.e. back separatist forces and government troops both sides that reinforcements to shop are province in southern yemen after fighting broke out in the city of the tuc tens of thousands of people have been killed in yemen's civil war meanwhile in the capital or testers

rebel held area let's go live now to our correspondent zain the holders she's in search on the turkey syria border so this cease fire only a couple of days in place has come apart without his ations against turkey. yes that ceasefire has now collapsed in fact the military operations the syrian army's military operations has begun we're getting reports from opposition activists that there have been a number of air strikes targeting the rebel controlled town of holen that's in southern adlib 2 towns in northern how far is the thought of the town and tell whether in the countryside of a lot to kiev so those military operations resuming just minutes after the syrian army announcing that it plans to resume operations and like you mentioned in that statement they're blaming turkey telling saying that turkey's proxies what they called armed terrorist groups are not complying with the cease fire and that they've been targeting civilian areas as well as the memon air base the russian home and main air base in la to kenya now the syrian army has not released any statements since friday night they hav

the turkey syria border. the ceasefire has collapsed the airstrikes have resumed the syrian military is announcement that it would resume military operations in that rebel controlled province in northwestern syria came as a surprise really because the ceasefire seemed to be holding since friday night there have been no air strikes the warring parties have been shelling each other along the front of shelling out each other along the front lines but a far apart from that there was really no indication that we were heading to a collapse of the cease fire in fact earlier on. on monday. syrian government website quoted a military official as saying that the government would give the rebels until august 16th after the muslim holidays in order to comply with the truth so sudden announcement that this ceasefire is now over it really raises a lot of questions and we've been speaking to people here in turkey turkey of course. it's a message to turkey this is how it is being felt here because in the syrian military stat

in the coordination center inside -- we also made agreements to address the threats between turkey and syria, removal of heavy weapons and those things. with regard to your specific question, that is being worked out in the coordination center. what we agreed on our the threat and abroad approach, the secretary spoke to his counterpart and i've spoken to my counterpart to address that along with the border between turkey and syria but every day we will grow this capacity and the purpose is sitting of the coordination center to drive down to the tactical level between commanders specific actions to illuminate the threats. >> do we have a date when they will start? >> know. >> on the border wall. why did you agree to build an additional 20 miles of border wall. elaborate on your decision and how much has it cost dod? >> i don't have a total number in terms of cost. on the first part as i recall the reason why we do 20 miles is the corps of engineers successfully negotiated lower prices than expected but freedom money to do more miles of this and that is my recollection. if i am mistaken jonath

they will travel to saudi arabia overland through georgia turkey syria and jordan. camels friends have come to see him all. samir is also getting ready to leave she is anxious about the trip. samir remembers to call and thank her mother's friend who made the trip possible. solution. subtle she said. slowly. slowly it. unlike most of the other pilgrims said mira is not travelling to mecca by bus her mother's friend has been generous indeed buying her plane ticket so she is off to the airport to catch a flight to saudi arabia. some euro however is feeling mixed emotions in many states are going to. save it is somebody to teach. you to get out in the semester to touch her. breasts to simply get it. at least the sense of the work of yamato. educated genesys this there's a lot to get. getting killed just as the head of state governments are in such as on the couch beside me what if someone get me out of the sa sounded good to get to. a oxman. or scientific mission. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places to get. business updates brought to you by qa

syria the y.p. chain have been an important u.s. ally in the battle against eisel but turkey sees it as a terrorist group. are. due to me here the opposition leader warned us against entering afrin and we did then we entered jobless and then city and now we will enter the east you're free to use yes we have talked to russia and the united states because we cannot remain silent with the continuation of the provocative strikes that come from that area we have been patient but our patience has limits all staying in the region there's been relative calm in northwest syria on the 3rd day of a conditional cease fire the truce was brokered during peace talks in kazakhstan follows weeks of strikes and bloodshed in province the last remaining rebel held area then a lot of reports of gaza into on the turkey syria border. a cease fire and it is holding but it remains fragile the syrian government conditioned the truce to the rebels who are treating 20 kilometers from the front lines in compliance with last year's such a deal. russia and turkey who support opposing sides in the war have

maintain continuity in our campaign against isis in syria, and to address what are the legitimate concerns by the turkish government for the border between turkey and syria. e are trying to balance those, as many of you know, we have been having with all parties for 2.5 years, working our way through this. we have set up a coordination center, there is now a coordination center and we have made agreements to address the threats along the border between turkey and syria, the removal of heavy weapons and those kinds of things. with regard to your specific with regard to your specific questions, those are being worked out in the coordination center. we have agreed on the threats, the broad approach, we spoken to our counterparts to address that area between turkey and syria, but every day we are going to grow the capacity. the whole purpose of setting up the coordination center is to drive down to the appropriate tactical level between commanders, the specific actions we will take daily to eliminate the threats. >> do we have a date? >> no. >> and on the border wall, why did you agree to build an additional 20 miles order wall, can you elaborate o

eisel fighters not too long ago neve barker reports from our commission on the border between turkey and syria beaches from turkey's 45 border with syria the ruins of an ancient capital buried for millennia. this is a car commercial founded 3 and a half 1000 years ago once part of the hittites a neo assyrian empires. emerging from the earth sculptures of rulers and armies of recent excavations via talian and turkish teams have uncovered some of the finest mosaics of the ancient world and. each city in turkey has lots of its cultural heritage but this site is something different we have found layer upon layer of different civilizations including a village dating back to 6000 b.c. the site straddles the modern border 40 percent of it lies on excavated in syria a turkish military base now sits on top of the ancient acropolis it's still the designated active military zone but from next year it will be an open air museum the regional authorities are confident the area is now safe a few years ago this area across the border in syria used to be i saw the country the black flag flying high for all to

now we begin with a meeting that could decide the course of the war in syria the presidents of turkey and russia meeting near moscow landed near putin and russia talked about it too and have been backing opposing sides in syria but they say they've now discussed joint steps in tackling the fighting in the lip province the 2 leaders also talked about a major weapons deal. putin confirmed russia has delivered a 2nd battery of its s 400 missile defense system this mind that cooperation and said his forces would react against the syrian government if necessary civilian their fallen soldier to look at the provocation by the regime have reached an acceptable level i would like to say it is especially by our borders our right to self-defense and this leaves us no choice we have to act to protect ourselves i discuss this matter with my honorable friend the president and i perceive we are happy to work to cooperate within the spirit. of we and our turkish partners have serious concerns about the deescalation zone in it live terrorist continue to show russian positions and syrian forces they tr

turkey and the s.d.f. share with the article in syria. saying the whole doha's more of the talks from ghazi on tip on the turkish syrian border. for months the united states and turkey have been engaged in discussions over what turkey calls a safe zone along syria's north eastern border as i was negotiations have been difficult differences but it has been difficult really for the united states to try to balance the interests and demands by 2 allies turkey being a nato ally the syrian armed kurdish group the why p.g. is an ally of the united states in its fight against the i saw. the differences really have been over the length and the depths of the zone as well as who will control the zone and most importantly the fate of the wife p.g. turkey considers the y.p. geo terrorist organization and if it wants the group to be in its words neutralized but do knighted states want to continue to cooperate with this actor in syria it's what he calls a partner in syria in the in the ongoing fight against isis so it is not clear if the these 2 countrie

ok let's take a live update in a hold on my colleague our correspondent is in killis on the turkey syria border as far as we know zain or was it quite there overnight. yes it has been quiet that cease fire is holding no reports of airstrikes russian and syrian warplanes are not flying over southern italy and northern how much we've been in contact with syrians on the ground in rebel controlled towns like no man i'd be hard fan shape who are in towns really that were repeated lee targeted over the past 3 months people are out on the streets they welcome the cease fire but they remain cautious it is a cautious calm across southern it live in northern how much because people do not trust the syrian government they believe that this is just a short term arrangement they believe it's just a matter of time before the bombing resumes people really have suffered a lot over the past 3 months according to our monitors over 800 civilians were killed in the bombardment 216 of the.

chairman on turkey and syria and then on the border wall. u.s.-backed forces say they have begin withdrawing because of this is safe zones. could you explain what exactly the united states military agreed to? will there be joint controls to the system? >> thank you. to put in context, there were two things we're trying to do, to maintain continuity in our campaign against isis and syria, and to address what are the legitimate concerns by the turkish government for the border between turkey and syria. we are trying to balance those, as many of you know, we have been having with all parties for two for five years, working our way through this. years, working our way through this. we have set up a coordination inter, there is no coordination sent -- there is now a coordination center and we have made agreements to address the threats along the border between turkey and syria, the removal of heavy weapons and those kinds of things. with regard to your specific questions, those are being worked out in the coronation center. so it -- the coordination c

all times in the vigilant al-jazeera has been its myth has the latest now from book as on the turkey syria border. over there in the syria refugee camp home to some 600000 internally displaced syrians and it was there and at other points along with turkey syria border early on friday that a few 1000 syrians tried to rush the border and here after they managed to get through one of the gates before they were pushed back by the turkish security forces but an indication really of the desperate circumstances the syrians fleeing the fighting and find themselves in forced to pay rent to sleep under trees to sleep in the open with no access to sanitation or food they really desperately want to escape the fighting and that is why the turkish authorities especially will hope that this unilateral cease fire announced by the russians that begins on saturday morning will for the time being put a stop to the outflow of refugees turkey sees it as a national security crisis and a humanitarian emergency a national security crisis and threat because amongst those fighters those people coming from are suspe

in to a war zone so turkey's trying to sit down at the table with russia and secure a cease fire to live there trying to talk to the americans secure a safe zone in northeast syria finding trying to find areas where they can secure and bring refugees back and when we also talk about 3500000 refugees in turkey we also need to remember the internally displaced people living in areas that turkey is present and turkey has influence in serious world when you take that number into account we're talking about another 6000000 people in the euphrates shield zone and be up oliver operation hala great song which encompasses freend. all of these areas so you have turkey clint responsible for almost 9000000 syrians right now and this is an absurd number we're talking about 30 percent there pre-concert the syrian population. i want to share a story it's a foreign policy story that you zorra worked on. it's a question of semantics maybe or maybe practicalities use of the saying we patch relation and in this foreign policy article here right here my laptop you call it deportation policy there's a difference here in the way you are seeing this issue explain. well it's it's not r

actually make that 30 minutes now turkey's president rich of time but i want to send in troops into an area controlled by kurdish y p g fighters in world in syria why p.g. has been an important u.s. ally in the battle against eisel but turkey sees it as a terrorist group let's go live now to the end tip of the turkey syria border of syria is in a hot as that what's the significance of this saying oh. well turkey is growing increasingly impatient it believes that there is a national security threat along its borders president or dog on threatening a cross border operation in the east of the euphrates area it's not the 1st time turkey makes this threat erdogan believes the y. p.g. is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party a group which is outlawed in turkey it has been at war with the p k k for decades so for turkey this is a national security threat and it wants to clear the border area from the presence of the y.p. gee now turkey has carried out cross border operations in the past in syria since 20162 operations but those operations where in the areas under the fear of influence of the russians and the turks and the russians actually coope

over the size of the zone and who would control it but it's meant as more from talking on the turkey syria border. the turkish and u.s. military have been discussing for a long time now what exactly a safe zone along the turkish syria border would comprise of how deep into syrian territory would go whether it would be joint patrols with the u.s. and turkish troops or just the u.s. troops patrolling on their own the turkish defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint operations center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of the. most this is a joint operation center has been established yet they continue the work the 1st drone flew on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started syrian regime forces are now pushing against the last of the major rebel held area in northern syria that's been the province and as they do that more internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and they're

turkey says it has struck a deal with the united states to set up a joint operations center in northern syria turkey has been pushing the u.s. for months to establish what it calls a safe zone along its southern border turkey wants a u.s. backed kurdish militia to vacate a 30 kilometer zone along the border on korea says the militia d y p g well it considers him to be terrorist but with u.s. help they've alstad so-called islamic state and taking control of almost all syrian territory east of the euphrates river the details of the claimed u.s. turkish agreements remain unclear neither side have said if they have overcome the 2 main points of division but how far the zone should extend and who would command forces patrolling it were to get some analysis of what this development means but 1st this look at the difficult alliances which have emerged during 8 years of civil war in syria syria's many sided conflict has thrown up some quick bedfellows in the battle to oust the islamic state from the former kind of fit in syria u.s. led western forces found themselves heavily reliant on the syrian kur

what's at stake for the kurds in syria turkey considers a kurdish led syrian democratic forces as to its security and wants to establish a border buffer zone the u.s. backs the kurdish fighters and says it wants to prevent a turkish offensive against the can the nato allies bridge their differences over the this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. turkey's president has blond he's lost his patience with the united states over the establishment of a safe zone in northern ne syria and was off by a battle and says he will always out an offensive against the kurdish led syrian democratic forces the turks consider the u.s. backed s.d.f. a terrorist organization and wants to protect its border with

the size of the zone and who would control it bernard smith has more from untucked here on the turkey syria border. the turkish and u.s. military have been discussing for a long time now what exactly a safe zone along the turkish syria border would comprise of how deep into syrian territory would go whether it would be joint patrols with the u.s. and turkish troops or just the u.s. troops patrolling on their own the turkish defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint operations center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of those it was. a joint operation center has been established fear they continue the work the 1st drone flew on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started syrian regime forces are now pushing against the last of the major rebel held area in northern syria that's been the province and as they do that more internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and they're hea

the turkey syria border. the ceasefire has collapsed the airstrikes have resumed the syrian military is announcement that it would resume military operations in that rebel controlled province in northwestern syria came as a surprise really because the ceasefire seemed to be holding since friday night there have been no air strikes the warring parties have been shelling each other along the front of shelling at each other along the front lines but a far apart from that there was really no indication that we were heading to a collapse of the cease fire in fact earlier on. on monday the pro syrian government website quoted a military official as saying that the government would give the rebels until august 16th after the muslim haha a days in order to comply with the truth so sudden announcement that this ceasefire is now over it really raises a lot of questions and we've been speaking to people here in turkey turkey of course. it's a message to turkey this is how it is being felt here because 1st of all in the

live on my dad's bonding checking on that our legs turkey's president has told his russian counterpart that syrian military attacks in northwestern syria a causing a humanitarian crisis type one told bloody near putin that what's happening there threatens turkish national security it's one of the reasons turkey is so keen to get a safe zone up and running on the syrian side of the border but so far there's still no indication that turkey has agreed with the u.s. military on who will patrol is zone and how deep into syria it will go. burnet al-jazeera and taqiyya a ship carrying $350.00 refugees and migrants has docked in malta after 6 countries agreed to take them in maltese military vessels took those on board from the humanitarian ship to the shore the ocean viking had been stuck at sea after malta and italy and initially denied requests to land at a spanish warship has arrived at the italian island of lampedusa to collect 15 migrants from the charity vessel open arms they are spain's quota of migrants as agreed with france germany portugal and luxembourg the vessel was initially not allowed to dock in italy as part of the government

internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and they're heading north towards the turkey syria border as many as half a 1000000 people heading that way according to the u.n. turkey is not going to let those refugees in and it doesn't want them amassing along the border that is why turkey wants to get this saves own up and running as quickly as possible the challenge for the turks is how big is our saco safe zone going to be they want it 30 kilometers into syria the americans want a much narrower save zone and that the turks wanted a lot deeper because they also want to push back syrian kurdish fighters they consider them allied to terrorist. turkish kurdish groups in turkey the americans though working with the syrian kurds and they don't want them pushed as far back. the fighting has restarted in yemen between u.s. backed sudden separatists and government forces both sides of sent reinforcements to solvent central violence has also broken out in the city of our top tens of thousands of people have been killed in the civil war and millions are starving the u.n. is called.

stuffed at all times and they are vigilant when a smith has the latest from book or miss on the turkey syria border. over there in the syrian refugee camp home to some 600000 internally displaced syrians and it was there and at other points along with turkey syria border early on friday that a few 1000 syrians tried to rush the border and here they managed to get through one of the gates before they were pushed back by the turkish security forces but an indication really of the desperate circumstances the syrians fleeing the fighting in find themselves in forced to pay rent to sleep on the trees to sleep in the open with no access to sanitation or food they really desperately want to escape the fighting and that is why the turkish authorities especially will hope that this unilateral cease fire announced by the russians that begins on saturday morning will for the time being put a stop to that flow of refugees turkey sees it as a national security crisis and a humanitarian emergency a national security crisis and threat because amongst those fighters those people coming from it are suspected