y.p. g. problem because the modem's kowtow to five years we are struggling with this problem in the. p.k. k. problem in turkey and we don't want any more problems especially from syria and iraq as well well things have escalated very quickly over the past couple of days what is the danger that things could spiral into another full blown conflict on syrian soil yes i think it's you know they're out of problems now being already in syria and it would be another problem for the syrian issue issue but the most crucial thing that is kurdish civilians will be. it will be to support life e.g. or not and other issues that the reaction of americans related to turkish. operation into syria but anyway and in for syria also forces for syria after the long more problematic after that but is important for turkish security to do that turkey has to do that i think they don't want to do it but had to do that because of his existence in the region also during his time and dean of the political scientists faculty at istanbul's mommer university thank you for your time. well forget the war on terror is

euphrates where the y y p g remain there they are more under the influence of the americans and they've even said to go this far all the way to iraq well the problem with that is that the y.p. g. in those areas are part of the s.d.f. the syrian democratic forces those are of course backed by the americans that force was instrumental and very efficient in fighting eisel pushing them out of their territory in iraq it is still an ongoing fight with the americans so that's not going to go down very well with the americans who've just announced you know somewhat of a border force which didn't go down very well with turkey so you see the international implications the complications when it comes to this war so yes this is what and growth would like to remove the y.p. g. from its entire border it has troops that it supports free syrian army in the middle but there's two to two swathes on each side of the border but i think once you start moving further east it's going to become a far more complicated as you say a lot of tough rhetoric coming from demonic looting a warning to proclaim opposition parties. not to protest is that some fair all concern in the country that they could b

syria and destroy the kurdish forces there the y p g the united states is building up a border security force with in alliance with the y.p. ji the problem is the kurds the united states knows and has discovered that the kurds are the most effective fighting force against the assad government and against the islamic state in syria and they've been very successful at that that's the american purpose but the turks regard the kurds and the y. p.g. as a dire threat they label them terrorists and so does the united states and they are determined to destroy the terror of the kurdish military force so there's a real conflict of interest here. by and large the islamics they forces do not hold any territory any longer in syria the kurds have been very effective in eliminating their territorial strongholds but they are still a very serious threat and a threat also to the government of assad the government of assad is crucial here because it's it regards the kurds as an enemy trying to overthrow it at the same time the kurds are fighting the islamic state it's a very complicated situation and russia and iran are allies of the assad government in sy

syria and destroy the kurdish forces there the y p g the united states is building up a border security force with in alliance with the y.p. ji the problem is the kurds the united states knows and has discovered that the kurds are the most effective fighting force against the assad government and against the islamic state in syria and they've been very successful at that that's the american purpose but the turks regard the kurds and the y. p.g. as a dire threat they label them terrorists and so does the united states and they are determined to destroy the terror of the kurdish military force so there is a real conflict of interest here and as there has as i mentioned before several times have been these moments of potential conflict doesn't have particularly in this syrian equation what about the actual presence on the ground of u.s. forces because the turks have said that they are going to launch a military operation against africa and in particular other american soldiers that are involved with the wife. i'm not sure i haven't researched that but i know that there are two thousand american soldiers on the ground in syria two thousand s

y.p. g. is still there and turkey always wanted to move further east of the euphrates member which is still west but the problem is that the y.p. gee there are part of the s.d.f. which are backed by the americans and the last time we had a real tense situation between the rebels backed by turkey inside syria and the i.p.g. there march of last year sale you had american special forces move in with vehicles to try and deescalate the situation so you get into a whole different sort of dynamic when it comes to international players on the ground and their interests the bottom line here you have a nato ally so hale bombing a group that is one of the best allies of another nato ally in the fight against isis so just highlights the complexities when you look at it trying to decipher all the players of syria's war we're going to find out stuff cost about two through the day as the situation develops thank you. staying in the region the u.s. vice president mike pence is in jordan where he's been holding talks with king abdullah he's been defending president donald trump's move to declare jerusalem the capital of israel

specific problem against the kurdish people or the kurdish hold on certain areas some of their allies in the free syrian army are actually kurds themselves so their issue is obviously with the y.p. g. being as they are certainly. even a sister organization now the key thing that the turks are concerned about is obvious you've got the united states government on one side and the pentagon in specific for example general raymond thomas about a year ago was saying actually even less than one half a year ago saying that they asked v y p g to rebrand and call themselves syrian democratic forces so you know he actually came out and said this on t.v. and that's actually really angered the turks and push them further into the russian camp away from the nato allies so this is been brewing for quite some time and they've been wanting to take action and i think only just now they've gotten approval from the russians who are withdrawn from the area push them in to push the turks into the russian count but the syrians are assad and the iranians who are allies of russia are not happy about. this intervention in syria so it is that you know will the russians provide cover for turkey indefinitely

y.p. g. wants to make sure civilians don't need because they're afraid that turkey will flatten the city so you have this whole sort of you know accusations pointing at another site that's the problem with covering syria so it's been the problem for years and that is a very active propaganda war whether it is you know things coming out of turkey things coming out of the white b.g. for example turkey says it's killed over two hundred sixty y. p.g. fighters in the last few days the white p.g. says it's killed over thirty seven turkish soldiers and also you know blew up three armored vehicles these things are impossible to confirm and constant you get the sort of information coming out so it really is a puzzle that through sources you have to sort of weave together and you sort of backtrack it with what the u.n. is hearing to finally get a picture and i think one thing we are clear about is that the civilians are going to be facing the most challenges as this war moves forward leave it. with you through the day thank you. well bad weather has been hampering turkey's fighting it's also led to some tragic deaths in neighboring lebanon over the weekend fifteen syrian refugees were found

the problem not the solution for the momentary we'll leave it there thanks very much now turkey says its armed forces and rebel allies are making advances in their offensive against kurdish y.p. g. forces in northern syria they say they've captured several villages in the are free region turkey wants to create a thirty kilometer deep buffer zone to protect its border from fighters in regards as terrorists stephanie decker has in antakya forests are on the turkey syria border it seems that it's it ebbs and flows as far as news about where the villages have been taken or not stephanie what more do we know about the situation . that's right we had two days ago the f.s.a. captured a village to the northwest about fifteen and then a day later the y p g took it back so it is a very fluid situation on the ground however we've just had the announcement that the free syrian army fighters these are of course the syrian rebels that turkey supports took a village a large village we can call that called how man now why is this important because it lies very close to the turkish border search close to where we are on the western front of africa and so that plays into sort of you know the mes