today, president trump made an announcement on the situation in syria stating that turkey ceased combat operations in northern syria. the president spoke to reporters on what it means when it comes to economic sanctions on turkey. here's a look at his remarks. >> well, thank you very much. my fellow americans, i greet you this morning from the white house to announce a major breakthrough towards achieving a better future for syria and for the middle east. it's been a long time. the last five days, you've seen the cease-fire we've established has held and held very well, beyond most expectations. early this morning, the government of turkey informed my administration they'd be stopping combat and their offensive in syria and making the cease-fire permanent and it will indeed be permanent, however, you would also define the word permanent in that part of the world as somewhat questionable. we understand that but i believe it will be permanent. lift all sanctions imposed on october 14th. in response to turkey's offensive, moves against the kurds in northeast border region. so the sanctions

syria's border has held and has held very well. beyond most expectations. early this morning, the government of turkey informed my administration that they would be stopping combat and their offensive in syria and making the cease-fire permanent and it will indeed be permanent. however, you would also define the word permanent in that part of the world as somewhat questionable. we all understand that, but i do believe it will be permanent. i've, therefore, instructed the secretary of the treasury to lift all sanctions imposed on october 14 in response to turkey's original offensive, moves against the kurds in syria's northeast border region. so the sanctions will be lifted unless something happens that we're not happy with. this was an outcome created by us, the united states, and nobody else. no other nation. very simple. and we're willing to take blame and we're also willing to take credit. this is something they have been trying to do for many, many decades. since then, others have come out to help and we welcome them to do so. other countries have stepped forward. they want to help, and we think t

there were some political pundits who responded to turkey's offensive in syria by calling for yet another american military intervention. i don't think so. but halting the incursion by military force would have required deploying tens of thousands of american troops against turkey, a nato ally, and a country, the united states -- and a country the united states has developed a very good relationship with, including president erdogan. the same people that i watched and read giving me and the united states advice were the people that i have been watching and reading for many years. they are the ones that got us into the middle east mess but never had the vision or the courage to get us out. they just talk. how many americans must die in the middle east, in the midst of these ancient sectarian and tribal conflicts? after all of the precious blood and treasure america has point -- poured into the deserts of the middle east, i am pursuing a different course, one that leads to victory for america. through much work, we have done things that everybody said couldn't be done. today's announcement

or too early to judge the consequences of the deal that's been struck between russia and turkey over northern syria did trump mention nato at all today and what message did he have for his european allies. right so the assumption is some critics and analysts say that putin wants to drive turkey out of nato even though as you mentioned secretary-general stalled and dad was a bit cautious with this assessment at this point and trump we have to mind our viewers it has been a nato critic from the start so he does not really seem to care a lot or give a lot of thought into that part of the developments here in the middle east that the message to the european partners of the united states is just the same as to the currency said we are out essentially this is america is for america 1st policy at its best that we're witnessing here and he also mentioned that most of the euphoria nicer fighters in syria do is in fact come from europe so what he's trying to say here is basically that now all the other powers involved 3 on the ground have to take care and make sure that isis moaned regained ground with regar

turkey has informed the a . it will make permanent five-day cease-fire in syria. also saying that he is lifting sanctions on turkey. during today's prime minister's uestions in the british parliament, british boris johnson spoke about syria and discussionle in that there, including the role of the other allies and the u.s. >> mr. speaker, i wonder if the minister see the heartbreaking images of children mutilated, , seriously injured, on the syrian border, and will he, given that -- the turks are members of we , an old ally with us, fought with the kurds. they are good and trusted friends. and the united states is a major and he has a good relationship with donald trump, and he step up to the plate show the british government cares about this and is willing to do something about it? >> well, i think the right honorable gentleman. he's absolutely right to raise this issue. if i may say so, it's an appalling ste

wants to set up it is outside of the safe zone that president out of iran wants to set up on the turkey syria border this is an area which was controlled by another agreement between turkey and russia under a d. confliction zone but we know that large parts of the province are under the control of the link. although turkey says that it has helped other fighters stick administrative responsibility but on the ground the situation is that they are very strong and they have a very powerful present presence even the video that you saw of the aftermath of the compound fighters came there evacuated the area they cordoned off the whole place and told journalists to leave so it is an area which is close to the turkish border which is again raises many questions about why i. was there and also whether he was trying to flee and save his family ok osama many thanks live from washington the turkey syria border let's pause for a 2nd or 2 our correspondents are harder reports now on how. the rose to become leader of one of the world's most feared armed groups. it was july 2014 when the world got a glimpse o

lifting sanctions that he imposed on turkey 9 days ago saying that turkish president everyone has promised him to end the assault on critics forces in northern syria now the removal of sanctions came just hours after russia and turkey announced that they are establishing a safe zone along the syria turkish border russia with more control more power in syria than ever also made possible by u.s. president truong. russian military police in northern syria a consequence of a pact negotiated in sochi between russian president vladimir putin and turkish president richard type 31 dividing up control of the turkey syria border. u.s. president donald trump is taking the credit for peace. was an outcome created by us the united states and nobody else no other nation very simple turkey syria and all forms of the kurds have been fighting for centuries we have done them a great service and we've done a great job for all of them and now we're getting out a reference to u.s. troops being pulled out of northern syria. the reality now is that russian forces are moving into the same kurdish territory that the u.s. has abandoned meanwhile there has been a sation of

it would be led by syria and syria doesn't want turkey to take its land i can understand that but what does that have to do with the united states of america if they're fighting over syria's land are we supposed to fight a nato member in order that syria who is not our friend keeps their land i don't think so but syria does have a relationship with the kurds the thing that's common is that everybody hates isis now the p.k. k. which is. part of the kurds as you know is probably worse a terrorist more of a terrorist threat in many ways than isis so it's a very semi complicated not too complicated if you're smart but it's a semi complicated problem and i think it's a problem that we have very nicely under control we have 2 countries wanting their land we have one country that wants land perhaps that doesn't belong to them because they want to have a. 22 mile strip of they call it freedom they call it a lot of things they want to get terrorists you have another country it says you can have our land and they can have to work that out now with that being said. by president mike pence is goin

as turkey pushes deeper into northeast syria the u.s. tells it to protect syrian citizens or face the consequences. meanwhile turkey's present. threat to send millions of refugees into europe. hello i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. to florida business manual president trumps lawyer investigate joe biden are arrested for campaign financing violations and subpoenaed by democrats. as protesters take a police officers captive amid anti austerity protests where at least 5 people have now died. and celebrations in teheran as iranian women are allowed to watch a football match in a stadium for the 1st time in decades. welcome to the program our top story turkey has pounded northeastern syria with as strikes for a 2nd day now sending residents fleeing turkish troops and their allies have encircled the border towns of. which are held by kurdish forces after seizing villages around them and kurdish shelling has killed at least 6 civilians including a child in turkish towns will present on his defended the turki

turkey and russia say that they are now establishing a safe zone along the syria turkey border allowing russian troops to move into areas that are still under kurdish control. british investigators are probing what appears to be one of the worst human trafficking tragedies in u.k. history $39.00 bodies were discovered in a truck container in an industrial park on the outskirts of london the driver has been arrested on suspicion of murder police say the container was transported to the u.k. via belgium the bodies have not yet been identified. former israeli army chief of many guns has been tasked with forming israel's next government after benjamin netanyahu failed to recruit enough lawmakers to join his coalition if guns does not garner enough support within 28 days israel may face yet another election september's vote ended with no clear winner this is d.w. news from berlin for more news you can always go to our web site that's d w dot com. if your former prime minister has told d. w. news that he was the one who laid the foundation for his successor abi ahmed he

the split of syria between russia and turkey. the outcome of that is russia became stronger, assad became stronger, putin became stronger. erdogan as well. isis might even research in the future. the u.s. gave up their last influence in syria. trump also said isis would be under control. he said we had the u.s. top envoy for syria giving testimony on capitol hill. he said more than 100 isis fighters had escaped. that has contrasted president trump's comments. it is hard to call this a major breakthrough. brent: erdogan said that he got everything that he wanted. we even had trump calling him a good guy today. dorian: certainly he achieved his major objectives, the pushing back of the syrian kurdish militia to 30 kilometers. this operation is taking control of all of the project kilometer -- 400 kilometers border. turkey controls about 120 kilometers. the rest of the border, turkey is going on moscow and damascus to secure its border. turkey does not have relations with syria. there really is mutual animosity between the two leader

turkey says the kurds in syria are terrorists. t they're allies of the west and the uk, germany, france, and russia are all condemning the operation. president trump — who gave turkey the green light, now says the operation was a bad idea. we'll report from the turkey—syria border, and have analysis from our turkish service and washington. also on outside source — at least two people have been killed in what's being seen as an anti—semitic attack in the german city of halle. it happened on yom kippur, the holiest day in the jewish calendar. and — running street battles in ecuador‘s capital — protestors are angry about the government's austerity policies, in particular a 100% increase in the cost of fuel turkey has begun an offensive in northern syria. it's seeking territory currently controlled by kurdish fighters who, until the start of this week, american troops had supported. but donald trump has pulled those troops out of northern syria — and turkey, which sees the kurds as terrorists, is going in. president erdogan tweeted...

a cease fire along the syrian border on tuesday but turkey's offensive began after washington's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from northern syria earlier this month early this morning the government of turkey informed my administration that they would be stopping combat and their offensive in syria and making the cease fire permanent and it will indeed be permanent however you would also define the word permanent in that part of the world as somewhat questionable we all understand that but i do believe it will be permanent i've therefore instructed the secretary of the treasury to lift all sanctions imposed on october 14th. in response to turkey's original offensive moves against the kurds in serious northeast border region the official twitter account of the s.t.'s forces have tweeted on behalf of their commander in chief general muslim who says president trump promised to maintain partnership with estee if and long term support at various speeds within just a few moments of sama binge of aid will join us live from sun the earth on the turkish syrian border we go to turkey 1st though to the white house today kimberly how good

, then turkey should not invade syria, then turkey should not invade syria, then turkey if turkey invades syria? yes, that's one way to sum it up, and the president was asked directly at a news conference that he held with the italian president today in the east room about him green lighting this invasion as a result of that phone call with president erdogan. trump took umbrage with that, saying flatly that he did not greenlight this invasion, talks about the strong sanctions he has threatened erdogan with, but also says he doesn't want to get in the middle of a war between turkey and syria. with all this, of course, as we were saying, on the ground in syria and elsewhere in the region, the fighting and the dying goes on stop how much globally, in terms of the big picture, does this matter, and how much might stick and damage the president? that is the big question, mike. the president does not want to be seen as having blood on his hands asa be seen as having blood on his hands as a result of what what happens there. the language in the letter he sent to erdogan, which

syria? what is turkey doing in northern syria?pkk. the leader of pyd is... that is the syrian kurdish party, which is affiliated with the pkk, which is affiliated with the pkk, which is a turkish kurdish party, but the american say we worried about terror, just why are in syria. 0k. about terror, just why are in syria. ok. so peter westmore got, what is your response to that question? two points. first of all, i do think that turkey does manage to get its view point across. we have had a lot of meetings between, for example, the president of iran, the president of russia and the president of turkey, coming together to try to find a political solution to the problems there. we have also seen regular telephone communications between, for example, the president of the united states and the president of turkey. so turkey is a player and i don't think turkey should feel it is somehow not being listened to. the second point is just to say that it is difficult. this is why we are having these conversations at the moment. syria needs a po

areas between syria and turkey it is already starting to carry out some patrols in areas like mamby age and it is going to be carrying out more patrols along the border and some of some defense ministry officials in syria saying that there is also talk of establishing security posts on the syrian border this again is something that is coming out for 80 years of this war what is happening on the ground is that many of the factions who are fighting under the syrian democratic forces the mainly kurdish that forces who are in these northern parts which turkey deems as terrorists are going to be retreating and there has been another warning that's been that's been given to them by the russians as they have said that to try and make the best use of these 150 i was just over 6 days to leave these areas because if you don't then according to our agreement the turks are going to come in and they will take these areas by force so it is a fluid situation on the ground we have a turn in official reaction from the kurdish side there have been some commanders making statements in the last 48 hours sa

to the russian defense ministry says more than 30000 kurdish troops have pulled back from the turkey syria border ahead of a choose dave bing deadline set by turkey and russia it paves the way for the turks to create a so-called safe zone beginning joint patrols with russia for the czechs have been set up along the edge of the zone to keep kurdish forces out and crew began a military campaign 3 weeks ago to clear what it calls terrorists from its border some binge of aid joins us now live from some of the other for near the turkey syria border so the kurds it seems have pulled out what about the joint patrols by the russians and the turks are they taking effective control of the zone. yes these joint patrols are due to begin shortly we've been hearing from turkish officials including the president saying that he welcomes this move that russia has said that it has removed all terrorists as turkey calls them from its border but he will only be sure once these joint patrols begin this is interesting if you look at the mop the area that we're talking about is almost all of the rest of euphrate

lets keep the focus on our main story, the ground and fair offensive launched by turkey into north—east syriakurdish militants which turkey considers to be terrorist. lets speak to the bbc turkish service. it is important to say that the group that the turkish government feels are terrorists are the pkk, the work is party. workers party. but they are not the only group within this area, are they? pkk is a kurdish militia in turkey and have been fighting with the turkish army for more than three decades and turkey considers this group as a terrorist organisation and the us and the europeans also call this a terrorist organisation. 0ne call this a terrorist organisation. one of the main groups, ypg, turkey claims that it is connected to pkk and it poses a threat to turkish security on its southern border and thatisit security on its southern border and that is it main claim for this operation. given the pkk have made a tax within turkey. what is the mood in turkey about what is happening right now in this region? most of the turkish people support government and support the fight against pkk be

this is developing news live from vogue and president trump scrambles to holds turkey's offensive in northern syria as troops on all sides move to scenes strategic positions in the region trump calls for turkey to halt its advance threatening his nato ally with sanctions also coming out with just weeks to go before break says the queen sets out prime minister boris johnson's agenda he's under huge pressure to secure a deal or be forced to ask for another extension. and angry protests doc just banging supreme court finds the politicians who pushed for independence guilty of sedition and disobedience one is jailed for 13 years it's. a great thanks for joining me u.s. president donald trump is backtracking on his policy in northern syria following widespread criticism just a week after deciding to pull out u.s. troops there clearing the way for turkey to attack could use forces trump is now cold on turkey to halt its offensive he's called it dangerous and threaten sanctions against to. the planned withdrawal of u.s. troops has led could ease fighters to ally themselves with syria's government which th

on the turkey syria border. developments for a threat for us and. its border with syria. a day 'd of intense bombardment by turkish forces targeting kurdish forces across the border but an increasing alarm from the international community and aid agencies about a potential humanitarian crisis unfolding in the united c.r. that's the un's refugee agency saying they're concerned that humanitarian aid month not be able to be delivered to the affected areas another 15 aid agencies of come together and released a statement saying echoing the similar kind of things that some of the staff have been evacuated along with many civilians from these affected areas the been a number of casualties here on the turkish side as well believe mortar fire killed what the authorities here say maybe up to 9 people including a 9 month old baby the situation increasingly tense the united nations and the international community calling for maximum restraint from all sides involved where u.s. president donald trump says he is looking at a range of options in relation to the military operation and t

it's been dubbed by turkey which is now in its 8th day and the objective for turkey syria move kurdish forces from the border area forces that turkey considers terrorists and create a save zone that would allow for the return of syrian refugees who are currently inside turkey and the turkish foreign minister saying that turkey is using its legitimate rights and is acting within the scope of international law during this operation and that turkey is respectful of syria's territorial integrity he also said that great precaution is being taken to avoid civilian casualties now this address by the turkish foreign minister coming just about an hour after turkey's president wants to party members in ankara also defending the turkish operation which has come under a great deal of international criticism recep tayyip erdogan saying earlier that no power can stop the turkish offensive in syria until it reaches its goals let's bring in our correspondent now in istanbul sin and who's been listening in sin him so the turkish foreign minister here briefing members of parliament i understand and we h

which turkey is the syria branch of the out those kurdistan workers party will not stop as i always repeat during our live shows that is recognized as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but the us and the e.u. as well as don has one condition of his own to stop this military operation he says if this armed group the y.p. g. lay down arms in the region or to syria and turkey establishes the safe zone then everything will be clear everything will be fine but the only condition is that they lay down arms and present don has always been. highlighting that the us have been have been providing supplementary weapons have arms to the y. p.g. and he was always saying that they the us sent 30000 trucks of weapons to i.p.g. so if and this is a war this is a fight actually between the state and the sorgen ization more that more than 3 decades almost 4 decades and act on has always said who can guarantee that these arms are not going to be directed to my country to my people so it seems his the situation is not going to change and yesterday at 1st he said at 1st we knew that he was going to me

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border with syria but 1st looks at how turkey is military operation has played out so far. turkish airstrikes and artillery bombardment are targeting the defenses of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as the turkish army advances into northeast syria on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition syrian national army pushed a few kilometers deep capturing several villages in mainly spare sleep populated areas the s. the f. is outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in the nato alliance but kurdish led forces are putting up resistance promising to make any battle long and hard the flap to rain however will make it difficult to hold their ground in the face of heavy firepower their media focus of turkey's air and ground operation is a 100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of tel me to the border town of ras al-ain to the east it is an area the u.s. military would drew from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid ag

and nouns they were establishing a safe zone along the syria turkey border marking the arrival of russia as the new pot in the region. u.s. president donald trump is taking the credit for peace in syria this was an outcome created by us the united states and nobody else no other nation very simple turkey syria and all forms of the kurds have been fighting for centuries we have done them a great service and we've done a great job for all of them and now we're getting out. a reference to u.s. troops being pulled out of northern syria the reality now is that russian forces are moving into the same kurdish territory that the u.s. has abandoned meanwhile there has been a cessation of fighting. because i think what we have seen over the last days is encouraging because it shows that it is possible to move towards a political settlement the political solution what you have seen is at least some reduction some significant reduction in violence and fighting russia and turkey want to establish a safe zone along the turkish syrian border of around 30 kilometers and zon

border and far away from the turkey syria border people in the italian city of men learned throughand smoke bombs in vegetables that turkey's consular office protesters tried removing metal barriers close to the building and also hurled firecrackers and police italy has condemned turkey syria offensive and says it will block weapons exports in response. a u.s. federal judge has ruled that the trump impeachment inquiry is legal the court rejected ass assertions from the president and his republican party allies that the process is invalid because of the full house of representatives hasn't voted to authorize it the inquiry resumed on saturday with closed door testimony from senior state department official philip rica the diplomats portfolio includes ukraine the investigation largely centers on allegations of trying to use military aid to ukraine as a bargaining chip to get its government to investigate his potential white house rival joe biden people in lebanon have stayed out late into the night after a 10th day of anti-government protests security forces were called to dismantle

the turkey syria border . it's the 3rd explosion in less than 24 hours in northern syria and early morning . shows the area remains dangerous the district is now under the control of turkish backbiters who took it from goodish forces it's part of the 30 kilometer safe zone which turkey wants to establish on the border it shares with syria the syrian national army a group of fighters backed by turkey say there would have been more casualties if the blast had happened during rush hour so. the car exploded and we had a lot of. them to the hospital area here is for civilians there are shops here and are working very. dirty says it's defused hundreds of homemade bombs and mines in the areas of cleared and its military denies allegations by kurdish fighters of advancing in 3 villages outside the ceasefire zone kurdish forces have asked western allies including the u.s. to stop what they called the ceasefire violations in a change in the kurds military commander has thanked for the russian and u.s. presidents and ass

is it too late to stop turkey's military offensive in northern syria as the us president is criticized by all sides for allowing the operation to happen donald trump sends his top 10 boys to ask turkey for a cease fire come a compromise be found this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm still robin donald trump is trying to limit the fallout from turkey's military offensive in northern syria the u.s. president has been widely accused of allowing the operation to happen by withdrawing troops from the turkish strikes on kurdish forces began last week quickly followed by troops on the ground the u.s. house of representatives delivered a bipartisan rebuke by overwhelmingly opposing trumps pull out he sent both the vice president and the secretary of state to ankara to try and broker a cease fire turkey's president insists he won't back down instead of the one is urging kurdish fighters to surrender. give you miss our proposal is that right now all the rest lay down their arms they equipment everything is straw or their traps and get out of a safe sign that we have designat

syria goes on. syrian government troops, backed by russian forces, have advanced into positions once held by americans. turkeyern syria to drive the kurds it regards as terrorists back from the border and create what it describes as a safe zone on the syrian side. our international correspondent, orla guerin, is on the border. urban warfare in northern syria. fighters backed by turkey still battling for control of the border town of ras al—ain. they are facing fierce resistance from the kurds, women fighting alongside men. it's rare to get a glimpse of this side of the battle. but one week into turkey's invasion, president erdogan has taken a swathe of territory from the kurds and says he won't stop until he completes his so—called safe zone. translation: operation peace spring will last until we reach a depth of 30—35km from manbij to the iraqi border. there is no doubt or hesitation about this. and here's an image that shows the new order in the strategic town of manbij. flying the flag for president putin. his forces had a clear run here after america's hasty retreat, moscow eagerly filling the power vacuu

given turks the green light to go and try to establish this saves or and the northeast of syria in which turkey will be trying to eliminate or remove at least the kurdish forces. and the syria democratic forces from a strip of land on the borders between syria and turkey but we don't with we still don't nor actually the score and the depth of this operation we don't know what sort of agreement turkey and the united states. have regarding this military operation how far the turks are going to go inside syria what is going to be the length of the operation all saw across the border that is because you know i mean the borders between syria and turkey in the east of you if it is it stretches for more than like 400 kilometers. we don't know if the turks will be will be actually invading along these 140 kilometers or there are going to be only a very limited military operation on a smaller step. because that's really my next question is about this incursion because the turks are at pains to say this is not an invasion this is not a lock you patient but there is concern in european capitals as we've s

turkey has made this possible. so again, let me say, a week of -- after turkish forces crossed into syria, turkey and the united states of america have agreed to a ceasefire in syria. it will be a pause in military operations for 120 hours while the united states facilitates the withdrawal of y.p.g. from the affected areas in the safe zone, and once that is completed, turkey has agreed to a permanent ceasefire and the united states of america will work with turkey, will work with nations around the world, to ensure that peace and stability is the order of the day. in this safe zone on the border between syria and turkey. with that, let me recognize secretary of state mike pompeo and thank you, mr. secretary, for your great work. secretary pompeo: thank you, mr. vice president. i think the vice president said it best. i just want to add to this thought that there obviously remains a great deal of work to do in the region. there's lots of challenges that remain, but this effort tonight sets the conditioners in successful resolution of this particular peace, which created enormous risk, a real risk of instability, and pr

on the turkey syria border where u.s. president of trumpets once again defended his decision to withdraw support for the kurdish forces in syria and now i'm sort of an island of one again but now it's maybe happening again 30 kilometers 22 miles long turkey. and. the kurds attending to leave and that's. let them have their borders but i don't think our soldiers should be there for the next 50 years guarding a border between turkey and syria. when we can't write our own borders and i don't think so. how does the strength of the joins us now live from on the syria border bring us up to speed charles what's the latest. in is all these questions as to whether the turkish military is taking full control of the town of russell ion which is to the east of it as was claimed yesterday by the turkish defense ministry when that was initially disputed and has been disputed for hours now by the da certainly according to the syrian observatory for human rights they're saying that foresees have retaken control of what they describe as al

on this war for many years now the war in syria do you think we're seeing the opening up about a new front how do you read a potential confrontation between turkey and syria. well the situation on the ground is quite dangerous but what we understand is that contacts are taking place the turkish defense minister saying that he held a phone conversation with his russian counterpart because there is like you mentioned the potential of direct confrontation a new front in members that is a town in northern it is at a crossroads at a major supply line so it's strategic for all parties to want to capture a few hours ago the opposition syrian national army which is backed by turkey and now it's the start of the battle and as they advance towards the the city the syrian army entered the city from from another and transport what we understand is that the army it wasn't a very big but tally and it was a symbolic force basically laying claim to territory but there are clashes on the edges of the city the u.s. decision to leave and its military presence in northeast syria really created a vacuum and there's more than one player in this conflict so there is t

president donald trump is lifting economic sanctions on turkey saying that uncle informed him it would permanently and force a cease fire in north eastern syria where it had been fighting kurdish militia the cease fire which trump claims credit for requires kurdish forces to would move out of the 30 kilometer zone on the turkish border turkey launched its offensive into syria after trump told u.s. forces out of the reach. this was an outcome created by us the united states and nobody else no other nation very simple and we're willing to take blame and we're also willing to take credit this is something they've been trying to do for many many decades since then others have come out to help and we welcome them to do so other countries have stepped forward they want to help and we think that's great turkey syria and all forms of the kurts have been fighting for centuries we have done them a great service and we've done a great job for all of them. and now we're getting out let's get more now on the situation in northern syria we are joined by from the german institute for international and security affairs get a welcome to the program i'd like t

syria. the boy who started the syrian war on al-jazeera. russia and turkey reach a deal to allow kurdish backed fighters to withdraw from north east and syria. hello i'm the star of the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up another delay for bars johnson's bid to fast track his role as they leave the e.u. is rejected by britain's parliament. the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine testifies in an impeachment inquiry and explains how the president tried to pressure kiev to discredit his political rival. an apology and a planned chill as president announces new economic measures aimed at stopping violent protests. now turkey and russia have reached a deal to clear out backed fighters from within syria and launched an offensive in that area last week but suspended that operation following a u.s. brokered cease fire a step back and has more from sochi and russia. with only i was left of the u.s. brokered cease fire in syria russia stopped did president putin offer to help to remove and this. was at the turkish syrian border to go with syrian borde

let's return to the air and ground offensive launched by turkey into north east syria. y, by clearing kurdish militants, which turkey considers to be terrorists. chill kasapolu is from the bbc turkish service. it is important to explain that the turkish government see the pkk, the kurdistan workers party, as a terrorist group. it is on the eu ‘s list of terrorist organisations but it isa list of terrorist organisations but it is a small element in what is a large region. yes. the pkk, the kurdish militant group in turkey have been fighting against turkish state for over three decades. in the syrian kurdish militants in that area where turkey has now moved its ground forces, they are closely linked to kurdish militant groups in turkey. and it has been almost intercepted. so turkey sees their existence as a threat to its national security. and is now the third incursion turkey has launched against these militants but they insist it is not against kurds but against kurdish militants. given that the pkk had previously launched attacks within turkey, what is the feeling withi

days now and they decided that it was the right time to take him out he also thanked russia syria iraq turkeyas well as kurdish fighters in syria so people have been asking questions about why in that particular order what sort of intelligence or information was given heard from the general who leads the kurdish fighters saying that there was for months a collaboration which happened between them and u.s. intelligence officials about the whereabouts of about that again the u.s. president saying that he had received some useful information from the kurds but he thanked everyone in the same breath we've been also hearing reactions from various countries who the president thanked the turkish defense ministry was the 1st saying that it had been informed of this particular incident before it happened in northwestern syria we also heard from the russian defense ministry saying that it was not really aware of where there was u.s. planes had passed over areas that controlled and saying that another death alluding to the fact that. he has been reportedly killed before does not change the situation on

syria and turkey.ice president pence made the announcement in turkey after a four-hour meeting with turkish president erdogan. vice president pence: one week ago turkish forces crossed into syria. earlier this week, president trump took decisive action to call on turkish forces to stand down, to end the violence, agree to negotiations. today, i'm proud to report, thanks to the strong leadership of president donald trump and the strong relationship between president erdogan and turkey and the united states of america, that today we united states and turkey have agreed to a cease ire in syria. the turkish side will pause operation peace spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of y.p.g. forces from the safe zone for 120 hours. all military operations under eration peace spring will be paused an operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal. our administration has already been in contact with syrian defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe withd

days now and they decided that it was the right time to take him out he also thanked russia syria iraq turkey as well as kurdish fighters in syria so people have been asking questions about why in that particular order what sort of intelligence or information was given heard from the general who leads the kurdish fighters saying that there was for months a collaboration which happened between them and u.s. intelligence officials about the look where abouts of about that again the u.s. president saying that he had received some useful information from the kurds but he thanked everyone in the same breath we've been also hearing reactions from various countries who the president thanked the turkish defense ministry was the 1st saying that it had been informed of this particular incident before it happened in northwestern syria we also heard from the russian defense ministry saying that it was not really aware of where there was u.s. planes had passed over areas that controlled and saying that another death alluding to the fact that it will work a little dicey has been reportedly killed before do

there were some political pundits who responded to turkey's offensive in syria by calling for yet another american military intervention. i don't think so. but halting the incursion by military force would have required deploying tens of thousands of american troops against turkey, a nato ally uni developed a very good relationship with, including president erdogan. the same people that i watched and read giving me and the united states advice were the people that i have been watching and reading for many years. they are the ones that got us into the middle east mess but never had the vision or the courage to get us out. they just talk. how many americans must die in the middle east in the midst of these ancient sectarian and tribal conflicts? after all the precious blood and treasure america has poured into the deserts of the middle east, i am committed to pursuing a different course, one that leads to victory for america. through much work, we have done things that everybody said couldn't be done. today's announcement validates our course of action with turkey that only a couple of week

mourners in turkey said goodbye to the 9 month old syrian baby killed in cross border shelling. as the fighting intensifies in syria turkey is facing heavy criticism heard. in istanbul nato calls for restraint the alliance also warned of the reemergence of the so-called islamic state. the few years ago they controlled significant territory in iraq and in syria working together in the global coalition we have liberated all this territory 1000000 so people. these skeins must not be chipper dorst turkey remain defiant demanding loyalty from its nato allies. it's our most natural and legal expectation that our allies show solidarity. per the principle of the indivisibility of your old mantic security it is not enough to say we understand turkey's concerns we want to see the solidarity very clearly. it should go to because just turkey is battling for territory held by its enemy the kurdish led syrian democratic forces says the offensive will secure turkey's border and create a safe zone for syrian refugees. civilians who once fled the so-called islamic state are again desperately seeking safety as yet another humanitari

defense department is warning turkey that its incursion into syria could jeopardize the fight against so-called islamic state the pentagon says it opposes what it describes as turkey's uncoordinated actions and called on its nato ally to end them day 3 of the offensive has seen thousands of people flee it's also raised fears of an islamic state comeback as kurdish led forces in the region say they can't detain i asked prisoners and hold back the turkish military at the same time. a funeral for a baby boy on mourners in turkey said goodbye to the 9 month old syrian baby killed in cross border shelling. as the fighting intensifies in syria turkey is facing heavy criticism heard. in istanbul nato calls for restraint the alliance also warned of the reemergence of the so-called islamic state. the few years ago they controlled significant territory in iraq and in syria. working together in the global coalition we have liberated all this territory 1000000 so people these skeins must not be chipper dorst turkey remain defiant demanding loyalty from its nato allies. it's our most natural and l

our first report comes from the turkey — syria border and our correspondence. “— turkey — syria bordercorresponded. —— correspondent. rolling in to a heroes‘ welcome — troops of the assad regime, handed a victory without firing a shot, arriving today in this strategic town. look who is back. the kurds say they had to do a deal with the regime after washington left them alone to face a turkish invasion. the choice, they say, was compromise or genocide. further along a key highway, another town also back in the hands of president assad. loyalists resurfacing. "i've kept this picture hidden for years, waiting for this day," he says. but, for other syrians, this about—turn is a painful blow. we met abu saddam and his family on the turkish side of the border. he planned to go home once kurdish nation had gone. not anymore. translation: i was shocked when they told me that the regime is now in control. we were happy when the turkish army went in. we were hoping to go back and live happily in our village. no one can go back with the regime there. his young relative mohammed wants to study med

are you kicked out syria from arab league and now now you are insulting turkey. you're trying to take over syria. this is what we're experiencing this cheo says environment all the powers took advantage of this chaos and invented this machine called a diet. in arab league today. regarding the refugees have they ever gave a penny for the help of refugees. the european union 3 point. 3000000000 a year is they sent to the red crescent but they promised 6000000000 euros but. even if this money comes or not. we spent 40. $40000000000.00 we spent over $40000000000.00. the places that are that there are acts. and these are the places that all our people in our region live these this savage group has nothing to do with islam and they are the biggest enemy of muslims and ashamed of the muslim. every time there was a step that could be taken for the benefit of muslims there as a factor is always in the way of course there as a project that has been there that has been developed as a project and all these countries who are responsible for this project today look like they ar

today at the white house trump took credit for the deal over northern syria's future which was struck this week between russia and turkey he portrayed that deal as a diplomatic masterpiece crafted by his policy in syria and yet the united states was not present during the talks between russia and turkey trouble also claimed that he decided to bring u.s. forces home from syria because they had stayed longer than the original play in the 30 days however there was never a plan with a timetable and he said that the u.s. had deployed troops to syria northern syria a decade ago that is also not true ground troops arrived there in 2015 the us president did not mention russia at all in his speech today instead he focused on turkey and he portrayed president to one as a leader who had come to his senses and if no one ever misbehaves again trump warns that punishment by sanctions is always an option so the sanctions will be lifted or less something happens that we're not happy with. this was an outcome created by us the united states and nobody else by the moves that we've made we are achieving a much more peaceful and stable are