but the ypg is composed of many people who are not opponents. there are other people they all say that, you know, turkey could have done better. we want better relations with turkey. so turkey shows being this perspective. treat them as?- ] kurds, brothd sister of may own citizens who are suffering. and if that is the case, why are the government officials talking to erdogan now. if p yflt d's relationship pkk is thin, how come there's a peace process or brotherhood process, whatever it's called. so there's a contradiction here. either it's not sincere or they should not see pyd considering erdogan.

had it not been for the ypg, they will much more situation. but thanks to the relative stability that provided tanks to ypg, those communities are living in competitively better situation than the rest of syria. this has to be seen. the expectation on the ground is that u.s. and the partners will see that and will acknowledge and provide them a weapon immediately and protect the people. i want to emphasize this one more time. the people some 100,000 people are under great, great danger. everyone knows isis does not hesitate to use any means shed tears as you know. also kurds, but another sinjar event very likely to happen. it's the duty of international community to seriously address this concern. >> i would like to conclude, i'm sure if you have any questions, i would glad -- thank you. >> we have plenty of time for questions and answers. and start the ball rolling by asking each of the panelists one targeted question, each. and if they'd like to address one another's pieces, that would be appropriate, too. and what we would have is have two

on iraqi soil. >> translator: it's a relief that the ypg took control of these and at isil, becauseyou control these fort indications you control the whole area. >> reporter: they say at the moment it's really a fight against time. say they as they desperately need these foreign weapons that have been promised to come up. and the air strikes coming from the sky can sometimes take two hours to get here, the target has often disappeared by then. the general explains how the delay allows the fighters to disappear into the villages or to put women and children in their vehicles. >> translator: when we started the operation, the u.s. jets responded very quickly, but now there's a huge delay, many times we ask ten times, and many times they don't respond at all. >> reporter: promised manpower, equipment, and expertise cannot come soon enough. we understand that there have been quite a lot of peshmerga casualties, but they don't want to make this public, worrying about morale, but the message is very clear, you have to hurry up backing us up or we can't hold the line much longer. >>> the s

. >>> a group known as the ypg is attacking on the border.s follows the us-lead air strikes which began on tuesday. let's take you live to stephanie decker who is very close to cabani, and tear gas has just been fired there? >> reporter: yes, there has been a bit of a standoff. union groups came here starting protesting taunting things like the turkish go is responsible for what is happening in cabani, they are giving isil support. it wasn't really that rowdy, but at some people the security forces seemed to have enough, and riot police pushed them back. people have come back, but the water cannon truck has returned. they are really trying to make ab point that theying don't tolerate any of those kinds of messages. there is an issue between turkey and the kurds, something that really has been stirred up here over the past week or so. turkey fought a long civil war with the kurds, but now you have 140,000 of them crossing into turkey. no one is happy about that. so turkey is facing challenges on two fronts. they don't want to be seen as suppor

it's relief that the ypg took control of them, not isil. if you control the fortifications you control the whole area. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the perso peshmerga trying very hard to hold these positions. they need help, and they say the airstrikes from the sky can sometimes take two hours to get here. the target often has dissipated by then. as he heads back to his headquarters the general talks about how the delay allows the fighters to disappear or put women and children in their vehicles. >> when we started this operation the u.s. jets responded very quickly. now there is a huge delays. many times we ask ten times and many times they don't respond at all. >> reporter: but he believes the aerial bombardment can only do so much. a ground offense is can only win this war. this promised weapons, equipment, and expertise can't come soon enough. al jazeera. >> president obama says the world needs to move quickly to prevent the ebola outbreak in west africa from spiraling out of control. the world knows how to fight this disease. it's not a

going to ask you, who is responsible for the shelling, then, these isil fighters or fighters for the ypg, the kurdish peshmerga. >> the shelling we've been seeing on the town of kobane landed inside. these are isil fighters. many were trying to cross the border because of the intensity today. one man told me i left this morning and i had to come back because we thought everything would be fine. how can we divine ourselves with ak-47s against a force who are animals. they come into the town. they kill us. no one is doing anything. there is a feeling that these airstrikes are not doing very much. can they do much because isil has now spread across small pockets and they're besieging across all sides. the stories we hear are heartbreaking. they've lost everything. they can't bring their livestock across. they have nowhere to stay. there are so many people there is not enough food. it really does go on and on an many say they don't will be going back any time soon. it will be a very active front line there. >> the very latest from the border area between syria and turkey. two raf have taken

the ppk fighters, 300 fighters enter to syria to support the ypg, or the kurdish unity who are fighting i.s. in other kurdish areas in syria. so it's very strong clashes between the two sides. they are still more stronger than kurdish unities. >> the ukranian government and pro-russian rebels finalised a ceasefire they agreed to two weeks ago. they signed a deal in belarussian capital. the 9 point memorandum is due to come in effect on sunday. >> ukraine's foreign minister pablo clinton spoke to al jazeera about the importance of maintaining the new ceasefire. >> we have to get law and order to the people of donetsk and luhansk. they are absolutely fed up on the development of killing people, taking hostages. can you imagine thousands, not just hundreds, but thousands of hostages as a result of matter. it's about freeing from criminal responsibility. only those who have not committed capital crimes. >> the u.s. and europe introduced sanctions against russia for actions against ukraine over a week ago. peterson sharp had this report from russia about how it is fighting back. >> russia is

activity, heavy weapons used and a couple of really loud explosions and we have spoken to sources with the ypg. the kurdish fighters that are protecting this area. them seem to be firing art artful from behind the hill to the west. isil had flakes here two kilometers. at the most, 12 kilometers to the south, also around 10 to 12 to the east. so a fluid battle and humanitarian impact has been enormous. over 150 ,000 people have had to flee into turkey they will tell you it is an incredibly difficult situation for us and they are terrified for these advances. i have to tell you at the moment, the kurdish fighters have been able to keep isil back. >> the palestinian president m c mahmoud abbas, live from new york. mr. ross, thank you for talking to us. what exactly are you accusing m mahmoud abbas of? >> when you have victims of war crimes, they really have a right to see justice done. a soldier who stole a credit card who got a few months in prison. basically, there is total impunity. the situation -- >> could you explain, first of all, could you explain how much leeway does mr. abbas have in te

we have spoken to sources with the ypg, the kurdish fighters protecting this area from those isil advancesthey seem to be firing artillery behind the hill to the west. ice ill had flanks here the western side is where they are closest, two kilometers to the south, also around 10 to 12 to the east. so sterile a very fluid battle and humanitarian impact has been enormous. over 150,000 people have had to flee near to turkey and they at the moment will tell you that it is an incredibly difficult situation for us. they are terrified of these advances. but i have to tell you at the moment, the kurdish fighters have been able to keep isil back from reaching the town. >> the bodies of more than 30 hikers have been found on the slope of a volcano which suddenly e fluptd japan. a report from kagawawa near tokyo, the mountainous area is prop lar with weekend walkers. >> when it roare dealt to life t caught people by surprise. it was on the busiest times with hundreds of climbers enjoying a pretty day. >> i heard the pounding of thunder a number of times and soon after they were covered with ash, cove

heavy weapons used and also a couple of really loud explosions and we have spoken to sources with the ypg, the kurdish fighters protecting this area from those isil advances and they seem to be firing artillery from behind that little hill toward the west. remember, three flanks here, west are closest, two kilometers, at the most, 12 kilometers, also around 10 to 12 to the east. still a very fluid battle and humanitarian impact has been enormous, over 150,000 people here in to turkey and they at the moment, it is an incredibly difficult situation for us. they are terrified of these advances, but i have to tell you at the moment, the kurdish fighters have been able to keep isil back from reaching the town. >> meanwhile, in neighboring iraq, isil has been managing to capitolize on sectarian control many sunni areas. sue turtan reports that is evident in kurdish-controlled kirkuk where sleeper cells operate with relative immunity. >> in a building site in the south of kirkuk city, kurdish special forces follow up on a tipoff that an isil sleeper cell is hiding here they soon discover a conta

it doesn't including the ypg the syrian group battling isil.y's resistance with resentence doesn't want the kurdish armed that could down the line be pointed back at them. they want an independent state. there is a ceasefire in place but it's fragile. isil's recent push has forced over within 50,000 syrian kurds to escape across the border. and it's renewing tensions between turkey and it's kurds. stefanie dekker, al jazerra, on the turkey-syria border. >>> russia's foreign minister has criticized the u.s.-led air strikes against isil in syria. sergei love i don't have says they have discussed it before the strikes began. >> translator: it's very important that such cooperation with the syrian authorities is established because excluding syrian authorities from the struggle that is taking place on their territory not only goes against international law, but also undermines the efficiency of the effort. >> the palestinian president has unveiled a new timetable for israel to withdraw from the occupied territories. but israel and the u.s. have cri

the ypg managed to hold them back from the up to for now. you can -- town for now. you see the turkish military here keeping an eye on events. it hasn't stopped people crossing into turkey. the mirp ministry was not allow people to cross back. they have now. many saying they want to help family members that are there, pick up blanket and bring them back. there are so many people that the situation humanitarianly is difficult. >> what is the latest with the coalition airstrikes? what have they been pitting there? >> that's right. they hit 60km south-east. this is a border crossing that i.s.i.l. controls. what they hit, what we here is a few small-scale oil refineries. this is a civilian who buy the oil from i.s.i.l. re rely heavily, huge amounts of money funding for the group that the coalition wants to target. they have struck the small ones. we are not hearing reports of casualties. civilians will sell the oil back to i.s.i.l. or if youingle it across the border. they are linked. it is a main target strikings. there are strikes in the south and further to the east.

and while we've spoken with forces with the ypg, the kurdish forces protecting the asia from the i.s.i.l. forces, they seem to be firing artillery from the little hill in the west. i.s.i.l. has three flanks, the western side is where they are closest, ten to 12 kilometers to the east, it's a still very fluid battle and humanitarian help has been extraordinary. it is an incredibly difficult situation, they are terrified of these advance he but i have to tell you at the moment, the kurdish forces have been able to keep i.s.i.l. from reaching the town. >> stephanie decker. in an interview of 60 minutes televised earlier this evening, pouch said the u.s. forces underestimated the strength of i.s.i.l. >> i think the head of our intelligence community jim clapper said they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> he didn't say they underestimated i.s.i.l, he said we overestimated the ability of our allies the iraqi army to fight. >> that's true, that's absolutely true. >> national security advisor also indicated that the u.s. wouldn't be using forces to fight i.s.i.l. >> it's goi

the ypg are protecting tks residents froprotecting theresi. advances. 12 kilometers to the south also around 10 to 12 to the east. it is a very fluid battle and humanitarian impact has been enormous. over 150,000 people have had to flee into turkey. they will say it is an incredibly difficult situation. they are terrified over these advances. at the moment the turkish forces have been able to keep i.s.i.l. back from reaching the town. >> nato has been capitalizing on sectarian divisions. as sue turton reports. i.s.i.l. sleele sleeper cells ae operating wit with relative impunity. >> reportedly just moved to kirkuk, had boasted to the officers that they were i.s.i.l. the men and the evidence were handed over to the local iraqi police to be processed and sent to the courts. but the kurdish security officers had lim hope that the suspects would be convicted. >> translator: many judges of the courts told us their houses are in the south and are not protected. they are all afraid of putting their families in danger because they are getting death th

heard heavy weapons, and a couple of loud explosions, and we have responsibling to sources with the ypg, the fighters that are protecting the area. they seem to be firing artillery from the hill towards the west. i.s.i.l. has three blanks here, the we were side is where they are closest. 2km. at its most. 12km, around 10-12. humanitarian impact has been enormous, over 150,000 had to flee into turkey, and they at the moment will tell you that it's a difficult situation, and they are terrified of the advances. i have to tell you kurdish fighters have been able to keep i.s.i.l. back from reaching the down. stefanie dekker in an interview with 60 minutes televised a short while ago, president obama underestimated the strength of i.s.i.l., and overestimated the strength of its allies. >> i think the head of the intelligence community jim clappers acknowledged that i think they underestimated what had taken place in syria. >> he didn't just say that we underestimated i.s.i.l. he said we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army to fight. >> that's true. it's absolut

arming the ypg the a syrian car did cross into iraq. one of the sects besieged in iraq by i.s.i.l. they are a formidable force. there's an issue with turkey who does not want to see a group down the line. the weapons could be pointed back at them. turkey torn between how to clamp down on i.s.i.l. and the kurds, and it's difficult. the humanitarian impact is something we need to remind the viewers from. enormous pain, and people having to leave their cattle behind, cars, and there's no point going back to kobani soon. >> stefanie dekker on the turkey-syria border. >> i.s.i.l. has been capitalizing on sectarian divisions in iraq to control sunni areas. that is evidence in kirkuk where i.s.i.l. asleeper cells operate with relative impunity. >> reporter: in a building site south of kirkuk, kurdish special forces follow up on a tip off that an i.s.i.l. a sleeper cell is hiding. and they discover a container buried under ground. hidden inside, weapons, ammunition and explosives. three men were at the site, moving to kirkuk after fleeing the fighting in the village, boasting to the office

and it's a relief that the ypg took control of them, and not isil. because when you control them, you control the area. >> reporter: the peshmerga are trying really hard to hold the line, but at the moment, it's a fight against time. they desperately need them to train, and the airstrikes fired from the sky, sometimes they take two hours to get here. as he heads back to his headquarters, the general explains how the delay has allowed the fighters to disappear into the arab villages or to put women and children into their vehicles. >> when we started this operation, the u.s. jets responded quickly, but now there's a huge delay. many times we ask, and many teams, they don't respond at all. >> reporter: but he believes that the area bombardment can only do so much. a ground offensive company only lead to war. with weapons and manpower and equipment and expertise, aljazeera at the crossing. >> u.s. wants iraq's government to show a unified front against isil, today another example of weakness. today they named a new interior minutminister because of infi

. >> reporter: the kurdish fighters from the ypg are battling i.s.i.l. from two fronts, with the second towards the iraqi border where they are pushing to clear a direct route from rafah to syria on the border. on the other side kurds are fighting to retake the border takes aware that i.s.i.l. will have a run through if the sides fall. >> there's normally no love lies dfr the syrian kurd and the iraqi kurds. but a common foe forced them to join together to help. they are hard pressed to fight on their own land to send in weapons. >> on a visit to the town an irane prime minister wanted to send peshmerga fighters, but had no one to spare. kiddish fighters on both sides of the border are at the heart of conflict, bringing it together in a joint struggle. the p.k.k., the kurdistan workers party announced a peace process with turkey is over, after the turks closed the border. mexican culture... >> fighting for their future... >> it is imperative that i get into college... it's my last chance to get out of here... >> the incredible journey continues... on the

activity has been on the eastern side, and a couple of loud explosions, and we spoke to sources with the ypg, fighters protecting the area from the i.s.i.l. vanses, and they seem to fire artillery behind the hill to the west. i.s.i.l. has three flanks. the western side is where they are closest, 2km. at its most, 12km to the south, and 10-12 to the east. it's a fluid battle and humanitarian impact is enormous. 150,000 had to flee into turkey. at the moment it is a difficult situation, and they are terrified of the advances. i have to tell you at the moment the kurdish fighters have been able to keep i.s.i.l. back from reaching the town. >> the city of kirkuk has seen an influx of sunni arabs, making it hardest from supporters to determine who is an i.s.i.l. loyalist and who is not. >> in a building site in the south of kirkuk, kurdish special forces follow up on a tip off that an i.s.i.l. sleeper cell is hiding. they discover a container buried under ground. hidden inside a large cache of weapons and explosives. three men were at the site, moving to kirkuk, after fleeing fighting in the vill

it also doesn't include the ypg, the syrian group of battling i.s.i.l. around kobani.hey are reluctant to see any, renewed fight against their rights and possibly an independent state. there is a ceasefire in place but it's fragile. i.s.i.l.'s push on kobani has forced 150,000 kurds across the border. stephanie decker al jazeera on the turkey syria border border. >> warren hoag joins us again. >> turkey has a major air field close to northern syria. i was just in turkey three weeks ago. there is no sympathy for jihadists. he erdogan still handy set which wayest going but he's going to have to join. >> his stance on involvement he says has changed and what follows might be very different, any idea what that would look like? >> well, i'm very happy he said that because i was just here saying i thought he would have to go that direction. then the question is, what will it amount to? i'm certain they'll let the coalition forces use that air field. that's a minimum thing. will they start to fly? they've got a big air force. will they put troops on the ground? they of course

by the west, sending in much more ammunition, and military hardware, on the other side you have the ypg, who perhaps not quite as up to strength, as they might be, and you also have signs that isil are adapting to this air strike campaign. they are disbursing and they are not moving around. >> that's correct. on the iraqi said we have come competence forces. let's be candid the iraqi army and the peshmerga had bad first encounters. they figured out how to fight against these forces. they brought in some new leaders and now with air pauser and u.s. intelligence and probably a lot of plans and coaching and coordination, they are looking much much better and acting much more effectively, you are right, on the syrian side there is a lack of effective proxies for this coalition to use. we have had some well meaning free syrian army fighters the curds in the north, but as you point out, they are just not numerous enough, well equipped enough, well trained enough to take the fight on the syrian side. >> isn't there a problem generally with this strategy of using air strikes that you run out of

they have big weapons, the ypg are managing to defend the areas so far. >> reporter: but hammon is against the air strikes because ordinary people will suffer >> translation: i do not accept that this is right. it will kill normal people. the rich people will get out, the poor will be underneath. >> reporter: they know when an air assault is coming, and what to expect. syrians have lived under a government aerial campaign for the last three years. it may be the international community's answer, but for them, it's more civilian casualties, and life torn apart. >>> australian police have carried out what they are calling the largest counterterror raids in the country's history. 15 people have been arrested, and more than a dozen homes in sydney and brisbane have been searched. tony abbott says police were tipped off about a plot to carry out killings in australian cities. >> a decision that was made a week ago to raise the terror threat level was something that was many, many weeks, even month, in the making. obviously the events this morning were based on specific intelligence that people w

>> these are not part of the ypg, the syrian kurdish armed group. they have light weaponry at home, perhaps the kalashnikov. it's not a match for the capacity that i.s.i.l. has. they come with a determination to fight for their home,land, that they say they blame turkey, many angry at turkey for saying they allowed this to happen, some say na turkey is encouraging this because there's no love loss between turkey and the kurds. most say in turkey, there's nothing for them. the situation is bad. when we talk about the family, many say there's nowhere to sleep, they are sleeping under trees. there are 22 refugee camps in turkey, around here, they are less structured as they are in other places. with an influx of 150,000 people since friday, it's a difficult situation to manage. some people are going back because they say this they can't stay here. >> a lot of movement on the turkish, syrian border. collision strikes are targetting oil facilities. the u.s. central command say they have hitmen targets? syria. let's speak to zeina khodr, live in beirut. w

have long-range artillery but the town is under heavy bombardment and under attack and the fighters in ypge been very strong in fight ing this and they have been under siege for a year and this is the second or third push and the closest that isil has come but they still managed to keep them out but it's a very difficult fight that they are having to undertake. >> and stef you have been on the ground there for sometime, what about the situation there and you mentioned cabani and what is happening there and people are complaining about the lack of help. >> reporter: darren, i couldn't quite hear your question, let me talk about another situation here, we are expecting a large group of turkish kurd organized by one of the main kurdish parties here to protest in one is doing anything to help the siege on cabani and a strong military presence and closed the main town entering access to cabani and making their way through small village's and on the hill and they are trying to contain it and does highlight the anger among the turkish kurds and they see themselves as one nation and says no one is

i doubt very much they would have any record nation with the ypg and the pkk.y said they would not coordinate with the syrian government, the second for second immobilized to attack the isis fighters, particularly as isis is moving toward the homeland of the kurdish government. the third major force is the other islamist opposition. it is important to point out here that a few days ago there was an enormous bomb attack on one of the -- fierce fighting ,nits among the other islamists which lost basically its entire leadership the free syrian army is basically a shell of what it had been. it is in name only. the idea the united states is now going to outsource the training of a moderate syrian opposition fighting force with saudi arabia has created, i think, a lot of worry in the region. a lot of concern. because saudi arabia's own cut is notthe syrian war known for its modern nation in any way. the united states, if it once to provide air support to take on the islamic state inside syria, has no effective partners. in that sense, mr. obama's speech yesterday was