turkey is pretty much sitting on its hands during this conflict, saying that the two parties involved, unisilslamic terrorists, the other are kurdish terrorists. it really doesn't care who wins and doesn't want to get involved in the outcome. this has been a terrible public relations defeat, i suppose for turkey. the united states has decided to support the resistance in kobani, the kurdish resistance in kobani, and pretty much ignored turkey's objectives. so turkey has fallen out with its principal ally over this issue. >>> israeli police in jerusalem have fired shots at palestinians who threw fire crackers during friday prayer. muslim worshippers held prayers in the street after israeli forces refused to allow them in to the al-aqsa mosque. >>> houthi rebels have give the yemenny government ten days to form a new government or face alternatives. they have been meeting to find a way out of the political dead lock. a u.n. brokered peace agreement has failed and the houthis want to consolidate on the games they have made over the past few weeks. >>> fighting has intensified in the libyan city