collation in the conflict between turkey and syria. turkey's defense minister warned that turkish troops will retaliate against and if air that attack. also announced operation spring shilled and your campaign aimed at pushing syrian government troops out of the so-called buffer zone near the border. we do not aim to face off with russia our only aim is to stop syrian regime's most ekers radical groups the displacement of civilians. turkey has stepped up its military campaign in it lipped province it responds to that of 34 soldiers in strikes on thursday a. funeral processions in turkey for the deaths soldiers have turned into rallies calling for revenge in rebel held it live people took to the streets showing support for turkey's bistrica a little western syria in recent fighting in southern it to provinces to keep that rebel groups recaptured villages they lost a few weeks ago including symbolised. further south syrian government forces have launched an offensive to some the main the city was a major opposition stronghold but in 2017

the leaders of turkey and russian arts inmates in moscow was fighting in northwest syria threatens to drag them into direct conflict. and we're on the turkey greece border where syrian refugees are taking ever more dangerous race still reach europe . hello there i'm hala magazine and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up california declares a state of emergency over the coronavirus congress steps up efforts to tackle the outbreak. and former new york mayor mike bloomberg endorses joe biden's white house bid after withdrawing from the presidential race. that the leaders of russia and turkey are expected to meet in the coming hour as the 2 countries have recently come close to direct confrontation in northern syria as italy province turkey is trying to push back syrian government forces who supported spy russia when moscow has accused ankara violating a 20 deal to create a demilitarized zone and help in port it calls terrorist groups well inside it live witnesses have told al-jazeera that russian air strikes have killed at least 15 people and farms sheltering displaced civili

syria why fight what is our gain and of course. the turkish operations have always emphasized that turkey's interest in syria is not about the territorial gain is that the oil or any other natural source but all about its national security which is the border security along with turkey already hosting almost 4000000 syrian refugees and by the outside in vegas the border right behind me there are 4000000 living and 1400000 are living along the turkish border which is again a huge refugee influx of this for turkey and i had gone stated many times that turkey cannot carry the burden off the syrian refugees alone anymore because so to doesn't receive any support from the western allies but as i said still these these expressions have not been enough to persuade it turkish opposition for this most reparation gone say is that we are going to do our best to secure our borders to protect it to protect our country from more refugees plus the attacks of. terrorist organizations that want to cause because circles are receiving threats from dell told p.g. and the y.p. just considered as the syria branch of the output kurdistan workers' party b j k

is in a rush to open the syria turkey border they all still active on the ground of course in it live there have been bombings to pitot syrian air strikes on his positions and strikes on syria positions so they still hope to create that buffer zone and safety area for syrians who have fled this conflict unfortunate there is no military solution at the same time to doesn't necessarily want to open its borders again if it's trying to make a political statement to the e.u. it can do it with 3600000 people which frankly is deplorable that refugees are being used in this poor chess game. to get a point across to the e.u. but i do think that the ultimate solution is really an e.u. to be russia conversation around a lasting peace in syria treating the symptoms is dealing with tens of thousands trying to get to the europe the actual problem is syria itself and that's where the great powers need to work together and i still hope that the merkel met crawl putin aragon meeting that was supposed to happen on march 5th is still planning to go ahead but we all know how hard it i

crossing from turkey to europe more on the 2nd but from our sin of course the olu live for us in the turkey syria border thank you very much indeed well as we were hearing there from sin i am so miserable and are among tens of thousands of people who are trying to cross from turkey into the european union but trying to enter through greece and bulgaria but say they have been met by violence rubber bullets and tear gas and so i'm sure going to reports from a day or nay. the wind sliced through copes the cold left fingers numb it the syrian refugees from it live along with other migrants have been camped out on this riverbank in a dern a turkey for days they're stuck here trying to figure out how best to cross into greece and continue on to western europe to fund the good life i'm still young but i have to of course on the level of my life here. of course in this situation that's. what i love and i think to. get a good country before late in the day as the wind picked up police officers walked through the tents and clusters of people telling them they could take buses to a warm place suspicion spre

our reporter told us more from the turkey-syria border. reporter: after a relative low infighting that lasted about 24 hours, starting sunday night, violence has picked up again in idlib province-- in province, with a syrian jet shot down as the syria national agency says that attack was the result of turkish forces. no confirmation yet from turkish authorities, we know that a model of that train was particularly vulnerable to detection from the aerial defense systems on the ground. idlib,le, in the city of an explosion killed and injured civilians. no word yet on the number of those casualties. and a tank belonging to pro-assad factions was destroyed by a rebel group supported by turkey in the eastern part of the idlib province. this is taking place as this tuesday the turkish parliament is holding a closed door with the session defense minister on the continuing situation. thee: the report from turkey-syria border. have the latest now on the coronavirus. while the outbreak seems to be slowing in china, it has quickly expanded to 73 countr

in syria and to crawford and inside turkey yes turkey had 3 military incursions inside syria again as what the greeks are doing to the bend they are borders because from the borders besides and refugee influx there is that terror threat for turkey to y.p. do we choose the syria branch of the our kurdistan workers party if you kick it so turkey's to turkey syria border issue is more complicated and more security oriented than what we are seeing between turkey and greece in terms of some advice gratian issue that me i really want to bring this back to the refugees because one of the one of the questions we asked us who is listening to the voices of the refugees i want to go back just a week or so to a certain refugee who is now in greece and he was so scared he won't tell us his name but this is what he had to say but really i don't want i don't one a bring me bank to turkey because. turkey is not my country my country is syria i am from syria if he could get for example greece if you want to beg me make it me to my country to syria if you can't buy get me to leave me here give it to go

turkey to y.p. do we choose the syria branch of the kurdistan workers' party if you kick it so turkey's to turkey syria border issue is more complicated and more security oriented than what we are seeing between turkey and greece is terms of sin and by gratian issue femi i really want to bring this back to the refugees because one of the one of the questions we asked us who is listening to the voices of the refugees i want to go back just a week or so to a certain refugee who is now in greece and he was so scared he won't tell us his name but this is what he had to say. but really i don't mind i don't want a bring me back to turkey because. turkey is not my country my country is syria i'm from syria is he a cure for example greece if you want to get me make it me to my country to syria if you can't buy gets me to leave me here give it to go this guy i'm afraid afraid to deport mean turkey i'm afraid from this so much. this must be so frustrating for you because you've been talking about this containment policy in turkey the such a long time that this isn't necessarily a solution to the refugee crisis w

and this is al jazeera valley from doha also coming up the leaders of turkey and russia to meet in moscow fighting in northwest syria's threatening to drag them into direct conflicts. we're on the turkey greece border where syrian refugees are taking ever more dangerous risks to reach europe. and billionaire mike bloomberg endorses joe biden's white house bid to bring out the race. my. hello there an emergency has been declared in the u.s. state of california for corona virus has been a rise in cases there and the 1st fatality a 71 year old man had recently returned from a cruise that ship the grand princess is now being held off california's coast where thousands of people still on board she has returned see reports on how californian authorities and i are trying to determine if other passengers are infected. this cruise ship appears to be a potentially another major vector for the coronavirus to spread this man who was elderly had underlying health problems which is what we often see in people who die from the coronavirus but he was all in this ship and he does some bug having already felt symptoms off the coronavir

and russia is accusing turkey of breaking an agreement to create a demilitarized zone in northern syria and helping board it calls terrorist groups in the province where turkey hasn't yet coleman says on that accusation it comes 24 hours before turkey's president is jus in moscow for talks with lots of new putin with the turks and russians have conclusive than ever to direct confrontation in syria in the past few days let's get more now from c.n.n. cause she joins me live from the turkey syria border at the job because of crossing . turkey has lost yet more soldiers in this fights and yet president heard one is determined that offensive continues. well yes how allies especially of the number of the soldiers who were killed on february 20th that one which was 33 terrified the turkish opposition ellen with the turkish nation as well because there despite the for previous operations like peace bring. all the brands and you break you so the operation the public support for the military presence increased military presence that must say and has been eroded so low and yesterday all political

did lip thank you for that hashem mile by live for us in on the turkey syria border well let's now discuss the tensions between turkey and syria and syria further with while who is a former senior syria adviser to samantha power who of course served as ambassador to the united nations under president barack obama is via skype from washington d.c. thank you very much for being with us so the latest development is that the syrian government has closed c.s. sprays over it live saying that any aircraft that violates this as base will be treated as a hostile fry to be shot down do you think where likely to see any further escalation from the 2 sides especially from turkey after the death of these its soldiers. thank you the short answer is yes i think turkey is determined to avenge the killing of its 34 soldiers and i think now over 52 soldiers have perished in it. we've seen the turkish air force particularly its fleet of drones systematically take out regime artillery pieces tanks and also personnel and it seems that they will continue until they feel that they have punished the syrian regime

delivered all the promises they made in the past has a habit of their life from hard time on the turkey syria border thank you one task a name is that turkey's northern border with greece and says the exchange of accusations between the neighboring countries is getting ugly. the world words we have going on between turkey and greece turkey is saying that today the greek police shot and killed one man and injured 6 others turkey says that members of the parliament's human rights commission witnessed these events the greek government is flatly denying that anyone was killed at the border it is saying that turkey is disseminating fake news it's saying that migrants are throwing turkish military grade tear gas at greek police i can tell you what we've seen here at the border throughout the day we heard what sounds like sound bombs we saw a black smoke fire we spoke to farmers in the area who say they heard gunshots i can tell you we saw multiple in ambulances leaving the scene and then this news emerged that there had been a possible casualty and injuries according to the greek government there a

president and offer some hope for the internally displaced families are reports maintainer the turkey syria border until a few days ago there were huge concerns that turkey may not be able this time to get what he wants from the russians particularly about about it live so the gov the cease fire to be implemented plus the safe corey doors and also resettlement of the civilians back into their years and i think this is going to be widely seen as a major diplomatic victory for president but as of at least for the time being because of one hand it will it means that he will have to be concerned about his soldiers deployed in the north west some province of it live because with the cease fire with the buffer zone with the demilitarized zone there will be no risk whatsoever for any attack targeting those positions but i think also turkey has been very concerned about the potential for a protracted conflict in it live that would pave the way for 4000000 civilians those who were displaced to cross into turkey i think now with this agreement they will be able to go back to some of the villages. new

military shot down 2 syrian fighter jets over it live hashim a whole bar reports from hatta i on the turkey syria border. but yet our job turkish and syria fighter jets faced off in an encounter in the skies above aleppo and that with 2 syrian warplanes. the confrontation marked in u.s. collation in the conflict between turkey and syria turkey's defense minister warned that turkish troops will retaliate against it if that. also announced operation spring shilled and your campaign aimed at pushing syrian government troops out of the so-called buffer zone near the border. we do not aim to face or with russia our only aim is to stop syrian regime's most ekers radical groups the displacement of civilians. turkey has stepped up its military campaign in italy province in response to the deaths of 34 soldiers in strikes on thursday. funeral processions in turkey for the dead soldiers have turned into rallies calling for revenge in rebel held it live people took to the streets showing support for turkey's bitter campaign in northwestern syria in recent fighting in southern it province turkey backed rebel

on the turkey syria border. well turkey meanwhile has deployed a 1000 police officers to its border with greece to try to halt the push back of refugees and migrants into its territory tens of thousands have been trying to cross into the e.u. since anger opened its borders last week but greece doesn't want them and sasha going to reports now on a dare and only turkey greece or dead. the wind sliced through copes the cold left fingers numb it the syrian refugees from it live along with other migrants have been camped out on this riverbank in a dern a turkey for days they're stuck here trying to figure out how best to cross into greece and continue on to western europe to find the good life i'm still young but i have to of course i'm not life all my life here or the city of course and the situation there is no i don't see it i sort of another i mean i think to go out from city because it was a bit of good country before late in the day as the wind picked up police officers walked through the tents and clusters of p

in syria and to creflo and inside turkey yesterday you had 3 military incursions inside syria again as to what the greeks are doing to the bend they are borders in school because from the borders besides and refugee influx there is that a terror threat for turkey to wipe the jew which is the syrian branch of the old good sound workers' party if you kick a so a turkey see it turkey syria border issue is more complicated and more security oriented than what we are seeing between turkey and greece in terms of some advice gratian ish effect me i really want to bring this pots of refugees because one of the one of the questions we asked as who is listening to the voices of the refugees i want to go back just a week or so to assume refugee who is now in greece and he was so scared he won't tell us his no this is what he had to say. but really i don't mind i don't one where bring me back to turkey because. turkey is not my country my country is syria i'm from syria is he a for example greece if you want to beg me make it me to my country to syria if you can't buy gets me to leave me here give

european leaders are accusing turkey's president of using refugees to pressure them into supporting his military operation in syria. to one sense turkey will continue to target syrian army positions in italy a province where 34 of its soldiers were killed thursday turkey and russia which backs the syrian government of computer than ever to direct confrontation well i've noted see the turkey syria boards are sin and cos you is their job because of crossing cinema u.s. delegation will be heads into the boards or later tell us more about those who are they likely to be missing. while yes you are still a geisha a ride in turkey yesterday late afternoon led by the u.s. envoy to syria james jeffrey and u.s. ambassador to the u.n. kelly craft and a few other u.s. officials say they also there is a delegation by the u.n. that every. yesterday the american delegation are holding talks with the u.n. delegation and other n.g.o.s and today in a couple of hours almost 3 hours the delegation will be exactly right here at 1st they will be meeting james separate will be meeting with officials in how to the border city by syria an

who live for us on the turkey syria border thank you very much for that update. well greece has denied turkey's allegations that its border forces fired on refugees and migrants calling it deliberate misinformation that greece has increased its border security after turkey declared with no longer try to stop people from drinking. johnson oculus reports now from the island of lesbos on the front line of what could become another refugee crisis. asylum seekers stranded on the north shores of lesbos some have spent the night out in the open police can't process them at the only refugee camp on the island in moria it's been blockaded by angry islanders who want to shut down but moreas occupants aren't happy to be here either. this was the latest of many riots this year asylum processing is slow and many have been living in tents under the olive trees for a year to relieve them doc said it didn't sound very good doctor and i am saying that this is very difficult for everyone here said it really not that i'm going for that but what are really the dark and this is very

thanks for joining us from how to be on the turkey syria border. one of the top stories that thousands of refugees migrants many of them who fled the fighting are continuing to gather greece's land border with turkey now the greek prime minister called a meeting of the national security council security forces have prevented 10000 people from entering in the past 24 hours and surge in numbers follows turkey's decision to open its borders to europe greek police say more than 500 refugees and migrants also arrived on the greek islands closest to turkey on sunday when the ship can enjoy your live from there danny on the turkey's border with syria and of course it's been a busy day for migrants but also for border security forces on either side most probably natasha. but i would say we're seeing an intermittent trickle definitely not thousands and we have been all over the area of a journey we've seen since the morning a group of about 1012 not more making their way slowly along this road to the official checkpoint with greece in other spots we have see

they're more anguished about their loved ones back in it live at least in turkey they have found a refuge from the 9 year war in syria. al-jazeera adderley turkey. more refugees and migrants arriving on greece's islands to the government suspended new asylum applications for a month john psaropoulos tells us what it's like for families left out in the cold only islands of last boss. now this boatload of asylum seekers arrived just before sunday there are 42 of them 36 afghans 4 from african countries and 2 syrians they are going to spend the night here in this courtyard of a small chapel by the sea. but they've been given a tarpaulin to bed down on they've been given some blankets and an evening meal and passes it there is nowhere else for them to go and that is a problem because when they arrived it was raining and their clothes soaked among them 12 very small children and infants who could easily get very sick here tonight where the air is damp there's no fire going there's no source of heat other than body heat they could have spent the night in a tent or in a local death by the unit unfortunately that was burned

they're more anguished about their loved ones back in it live at least in turkey they have found a refuge from a 9 year war in syria the talks are going aimed. at dearne a turkey. a political ceremony in afghanistan's capital kabul has come under attack leaving 27 people dead the head of the peace council was giving a speech that was being broadcast live when shots were fired afghanistan's chief executive of philip philip was also there but witnesses say he was not hurt let's get more now from her up to him in she joins us live from kabul. to be know any more about this incident. well this standoff is still ongoing according to the afghan interior ministry there would be at least one attacker holed up in a nearby building that's under construction that's actually where they think the attack was started was 1st carried out now the death toll has increased now 37 and 30 injured then it's been going on for the past 5 hours so i think this is still a moving situation from what we understand from reports of people who are there underground it's nearing an end but it took that much time to try to quell it and the afghan

out of space inside syria to escape the fighting some of the job or the other they are on the turkey syria border to afghanistan now the government there is delayed the release of taliban prisoners are the disagreements on the number and then guarantees they won't return to fighting earlier this week president bush afghan if we to free 1500 prisoners on saturday before beginning talks with the taliban government said 5000 would be released all together in phases once the conditions are met the taliban wants them all freed at once they're released as part of the us taliban agreement reached last month. it's exactly a year since devastated mozambique in the world food program is warning that 2 and a half 1000000 people a still in need of humanitarian assistance to cycling's in the space of 6 weeks destroyed the 200-1000 harvest in the southern african nation is still desperately short of food he says more than 3000 children under the age of 5 are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. action is taking place but it's going very slowly and the people are rebuilding there with a roof on thei

collation in the conflict between turkey and syria. turkey's defense minister warns the turkish troops will retaliate against it if the. also announced operation spring shilled a new campaign aimed at pushing syrian government troops out of the so-called buffer zone near the border. because we do not aim to face off with russia our only aim is to stop syrian regime's most of course radical groups the displacement of civilians. turkey has stepped up its military campaign in it lip province in response to the deaths of 34 soldiers in strikes on thursday a. funeral processions in turkey for the dead soldiers have turned into rallies calling for revenge in rebel held it live people took to the streets showing support for turkey's been stricken pay the northwestern syria in recent fighting in southern he did province turkey backed rebel groups with captured villages they lost a few weeks ago including. further south syrian government forces have launched an offensive to some the main the city was a major opposition stronghold but in 2017 rus

some of the job with al jazeera on the turkey syria border. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has extended a european travel ban to include the u.k. and ireland to stop the spread of coronavirus doctor says the president has said a negative for the virus he met a brazilian delegation recently and several of its members later became sick alan says she has more from washington so it would seem that the physician is giving donald trump the clean bill of health saying everything's ok but of course he says he's also reminded the white house about the steps they need to take to mitigate exposure to those who might have it and also what they can do not to catch it such as shaking hands the way he did at the podium so much on friday which he talked about again on saturday saying it was just a habit. spain has followed italy and imposed a nationwide lockdown following a shop increase in corona virus infections the prime minister's wife is among the latest to become sick and france is expandi

a ceasefire deal between turkey and syria has paused the fighting at least for now human rights watch wants concerned countries to call out russia's involvement in syria's war crimes and tell the kremlin to end its support of syria's government it says the war has taken the ball on children for 9 years their lives forever marked by the conflict more than half a 1000000 children displaced by the latest fighting are living in desperate conditions it looks fragile ceasefire is holding for now but people are scared they say agreements have been broken before and they've had to move their homes multiple times the fear now is that with government forces closing in refugees unwelcome and borders closed they're even running out of space inside syria to escape the fighting some of the job or the other they are on the turkey syria border. afghanistan's government has delayed the release of taliban prisoners over disagreements on the number and guarantees they won't return to fighting earlier this week president us from gani agreed to free 1500 prisoners on saturday before beginning talks with t

out of space inside syria to escape the fighting some of the job or the other they are on the turkey syria border. recap the headlines on al-jazeera doctor says they are president has tested negative for corona virus that's a week after he came into contact with brazilian officials at his florida resort to have sense tested positive troubles also extended a european travel ban to include the u.k. and ireland elfish as more on trump's test from washington d.c. . who would seem that the physician is giving doing a clean bill of health seeing everything zuki but of course he says he's also reminded the white house about the steps they need to eat to mitigate exposure to those who might have it and also what they can do to catch it such as she can hines the way he did at the podium soo much on friday which he talked about again on saturday see it was just a habit spain is now followed italy and imposed a nationwide lockdown following a sharp increase in prone to virus infections prime minister's wife is among the latest to become sick and france is closing more public spaces including cafes re

with russia and turkey blaming each other for is collation on what is the atmosphere in and around syria ahead of at argonne putin's meeting here in moscow here's my report a new wave of refugees flooding towards europe nato losing his patients turkey russia relations plunging to new lows this is all fallout from the crisis serious last rebel held province dominated by terrorists is a province just the largest al qaeda safe haven since 911 tied directly to iman also here this is a huge problem private seems to be a magnet for terrorist groups all of them are new sense of menace and a threat to the civilians damascus with russia's help us fight in them on the ground it says to. protect civilians turkey one of data strongest arm is alongside militant groups is fighting the syrian military on the syrian territory also it claims to protect civilians. separating hardcore terrorists for a moderate armed groups opposing assad was turkey's responsibility according to 2018 memorandum but it was never done the result of almost 18 months of this agreement was the displacement of all moderate opposi

you very much pressure and great deal still to be worked out following this story for us on the turkey syria border of course hashem was referring there to the humanitarian situation a looming humanitarian catastrophe will turkey has deployed a 1000 police officers to its border with greece to try to help push back of refugees and migrants into its territory tens of thousands of migrants have been massing on the turkish side of the border since last week when anchor announced it would no longer stop them from crossing into the e.u. but greece says those trying to enter doing so illegally and riot police have been using tear gas and water cannon to press them back turkey has also accused greece of using life i killing for migrants but that's been rejected by athens. got a bit of a gossip column from now on from the smalling there will be some special security forces on the border they will be fully equipped and they will be preventing the pushback of migrants they will also provide inflatable boats and this is within international law meanwhile the right cross has described the situation at t

and stopping more refugees flocking inside turkey said in course turkey syria border thank you for that cinema as mentioned a lot there i want to have a look at why russia and turkey over that deal they made which was aimed at preventing all out war in the last rebel stronghold it goes back to september 28th in where they signed an agreement to create a deescalation zone and they said it would be a 20 kilometer demilitarized buffer zone between the syrian forces and the rebels also there would be the removal of what they described as the. radical terrorist groups however russia and the assad government accused turkey of failing to fulfill its side of the deal and to separate the moderate fighters from what they call the militants turkey is also angered by the recent government attacks backed by russia which have killed hundreds of civilians since december it wants the syrian army to pull back or is pleased to have more in kabul and with us here in studio director of policy analysis of the arab center of research and policy studies my own as i went through the steps of all of the deescal

revenge in rebel held it live people took to the streets showing support for turkey's bitter campaign in northwestern syria in recent fighting in southern it province turkey backed rebel groups recaptured villages they lost a few weeks ago including. further south syrian government forces have launched an offensive to capture asuna main the city was a major opposition stronghold but into a $1017.00 russia brokered a deal that allowed the syrian government to administer the city and the rebels to withdraw the heavy weapons that deal didn't last and syrian troops are determined to control the city this time by the rebels 100 on operation spring shield is turkey's for cross border campaign in northern syria and there are fears this could turn into a wider confrontation but there are also hopes that russia and turkey will eventually set aside their differences and implement a cease fire in italy province. how thai. samuel ramani is a research of russian affairs at the university of oxford and he joins us now by skype thank you for your time so russia saying it can't guarantee the safety of turkish planes flyin

syria the us should be giving money to syria so they could rebuild and the migrants from syria that are in turkey from syria it's important to know that the syrian migrants and refugees can return home to re build the country you know real quick and in to follow up with what alex had to say here not only do you have these refugees slash migrants you also have jihad is probably built into this as well so not only is it a health issue it is a security issue go ahead let me just remind you that state just the western press when they talk about isis fighters from germany and french and german nationals who went to fight in syria how did they get that it's all what they what they went to turkey and from the turkish state or treat they perceive it but unfortunately i cannot quite agree with what that accept because i am reading that statement that nato and the e.u. turkey is a precious ally i am quoting you have spoken about. you know where to take but what is the punch but i'm backing it up i mean i some of the. same thing to me it's certainly easy if you take it seriously i take it serious i've known

incompatible with international law what does he want out of sending turkish troops and proxies into syria is turkey under earlier one really think it's going to occupy northern syria i hope not because on several occasions within the us donna and such a process for sissies. 'd both leaders done and put in an on certain occasions plus. rouhani i found rouhani of iran they confirmed on more than one occasion their support to syria's territorial integrity and also to syria's sovereignty i'm not sure whether it's being reported in turkish media but israel has been bombing syria and some commentators have said it's in step with turkish offensives in syria what do the turkish people think as they see could be seen as defacto alliance between the one and israel actually israel is targets are more iranian backed hezbollah targets. and. israelis do not normally target the genuinely national syrian targets they try to avoid it they want to give the message to. syria that they don't have any problem with syria but their problem is iran but it looks from the outside like the ones turkey is now an ally of netan

collation in the conflict between turkey and syria. turkey's defense minister warns the troops will retaliate against and if that it. also announced operation spring shilled and your campaign aimed at pushing syrian government troops out of the so-called buffer zone near the border. we do not aim to face off with russia our only aim is to stop syrian regime's most ekers radical groups the displacement of civilians. turkey has stepped up its military campaign in italy province in response to the deaths of 34 soldiers in strikes on thursday a. funeral processions in turkey for that that soldiers have turned into rallies calling for revenge in rebel held it live people took to the streets showing support for turkey's bitter campaign in northwestern syria in recent fighting in southern it province turkey backed rebel groups recaptured villages they lost a few weeks ago including. further south syrian government forces have launched an offensive to capture asuna main the city was a major opposition stronghold but into a $1017.00 russia broke

russia rather is accusing turkey of breaking an agreement creates a demilitarized zone in northern syria and help in what it calls terrorists groups in ad libbed province turkey hasn't yet commented on the accusation this comes 24 hours before turkey's president is jew in more school for talks with floods amir peretz and the turks and russians have come closer than ever to direct confrontation in syria in the past few days let's get more now from step vance and she joins me live for moscow and step what do you think we can read into these remarks from russia coming as they are the day before these crucial talks are set to get underway. exactly that's exactly what it is of course these remarks and accusations come one day before it is important meeting between president putin and president the one and it's basically meant to are positioned themselves so russia is taking a very hard position here it's not the very 1st time that russia has accused turkey or for violating the solitude 2018 agreement which was meant to demilitarize the it lip region russia has always accused turkey of of figh

they're more anguished about their loved ones back to live at least in turkey they have found a refuge from a 9 year war in syria. al-jazeera and dirname turkey. the red cross has described the situation at the border as unexceptable and they have cold for migrants and refugees to be protected every company every. like the european union has the right to set up only this but these bodies must never affect the dignity of the human beings it's very very sad that we have seen again. human beings treated as a political weapon as a tool for politics. and these are not suitable. for the world health organization is one that some countries are not doing enough to fight the corona virus despite it being a threat to everyone both rich and poor countries 3000 people have died from the outbreak and there are more than $95000.00 reported cases globally efforts to contain the virus have led to shortages closures and restrictions around the world the european union is saying that europe is experiencing delays in the supplies of medicines and facemasks compounding existing shortages of drugs on the continent many countries rel

kosovo she's turkey's jo'burg border crossing with syria. a year celebration will be heading to the border later just who exactly are they going to be meeting. the u.s. delegation i arrived in turkey yes of a late afternoon u.s. special envoy to syria james jeffrey who's the former ambassador to turkey is with the delegation and u.n. ambassador u.s. ambassador to the u.n. a kelly craft is indeed allegation among with some others plus the american media members in their pool they are holding talks with the ngo representatives along with some officials and today they will be here in where i am standing in they call it buffer zone is actually the transfer point between 2 border gates soon very good and barbara how well and the u.s. delegation is going to come here they will be meeting with the white helmets the one of the prominent rescue groups inside there and the purpose of the wizards is actually the humanitarian tragedy inside syria because the latest assault by the syrian government forces backed by the russian russian air forces have caus

europe is he thinking that will then pressure the europeans to pressure nato to go in help syria or help turkey in syria is that what he's thinking i think that's the thinking yes and if you look at. statements from government officials and also pro-government pundits and also columnists in the last couple of weeks you see that they use this is the magic campaign to get the support lot from them to and europe supports to give support to turkey i mean he's asking a lot from the europeans also from nato because we're talking about in northern syria now the turkish military facing off with a force that is backed by the russian military that would bring nato in direct conflict with russia possibly. possibly it old or i am not sure and i am also not sure at this point whether there is another better option in the sense that we should basically there is no adult that is not a democrat the country has no hesitation to violate many terry and principles so again has no his cetacean to use humanitarian. base to further its foreign policy ambitions under a humanitarian cloak and that has been happening si

talks on syria libya and iran coming up on the show whose side is nato member turkey actually on the ask the country's former foreign minister yes are you happy whether president either one stands when it comes to the new cold war is the chances of it turning hot rise in syria and as thousands of men women and children flee from war as nations are involved in is the european union defying international law on refugees we ask the norwegian refugee council if the specter of coronavirus will be used next by the e.u. just a purty international law plus how can your liberal britain in the usa with your hospital beds but capita than russia or china beat coronavirus we get the take of the permanent mission of china to the un famed gong on sanitizing the statistics of coded 19 all of the ball coming up in today's going under our 1st attack me after meetings with both u.k. foreign secretary dominic rob and russian president vladimir putin and while deploying ground troops against russian and syrian forces in syria while sending soldiers to libya as he threatens to flood the european union with