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zana hoda reports from the syrian turkish border. >> reporter: they have been expelled from their homesey are no longer welcome in isil capitol city. families move north. living under isil these kurds were forced to pledge allegiance to the group. after the kurdish fighting force, the ypg advanced towards the town isil accused the kurds of cooperating. >> translator: they gave us 24 hours to leave, or else they would behead us. they are afraid of the kurds. and they are worried about losing their city. isil has been digging trenches around the city's perimeter. >> reporter: the ypg along with air strikes closed the main route from turkey. but it's main strong hold is far from being unser siege. the ypg has no plans to advance towards the mainly arab city they said any future battle would have to be lead by arab forces to avoid ethnic tensions. those in contact with a network of activists believe isil can be easily defeated if the coalition cooperates with syrian rebels. >> translator: there are main stream syrian opposition groups in the area who are ready to fight, but they need air su

zana hoda reports now. >> reporter: they have been expelled from their homes.ian kurds are no longer welcome in isil's capitol city. families move north to the border town which was under isil's control only two weeks ago. living under isil the kurds were forced to pledge allegiance to the group. after the ypged a advanced towards the area they accused the kurds of cooperating. >> translator: they gave us 24 hours to leave or they would behead us. they are afraid of the ypg. >> reporter: the ypg with the help of u.s.-lead coalition air strikes, closed the route from turkey, but it's main strong hold is far from being under siege. the ypg has no plan to advance towards the mainly arab city. the kurds have said any future battle here would have to be lead by arab forces to avoid ethnic tensions. some activists believe isil could be easily defeated if the coalition cooperates with syrian rebels. >> translator: ypg is not interested in taking the city. there are main stream syrian opposition groups in the area who are ready to fight isil but they need air support.

zana hoda is on the border and she joins us now. turkey has decided that this is the right moment to take decisive action. why? >> well, yes. turkey has declared war on isil like you said the right moment. turkey really has been a very reluctant partner in the coalition against the armed group. in fact turkey has been criticizing the coalition strategy, saying it is not going to work if the coalition focuses only on isil and not ousting the syria regime. why now? yes, the bombing in which more than 32 people were killed really was a turning point. turkey authorities had to act. people were very angry. they felt the authorities were not protecting them. but there's more to that julie. at the end of the day, there have been tensioned along this border for sometime now, and turkey doesn't just see isil as a threat. turkey sees the growing authority, and the growing of the syrian kurds taking territory, and with the possibility of creating a state. so many analysts really here in turkey believe that maybe there's some sort of a deal wher

. >> let's get the latest from zana hoda. >> reporter: turkey reiterating that the operation yesterday- you have to remember this is the first time turkey targets isil in syria. it's not a one-off incident that turkey is now at war with isil. yes, turkey calls isil a terrorist organization but it hasn't been actively involved in the fight. the turkish authorities preparing the public that turkey is at war and vulnerable to attacks. yes, it can target isil inside syria, but what is clear is that isil can carry out attacks on turkish soil. the fact that the police operation detained more than 250 people overnight in 13 different provinces in turkey means that the group does have sympathizers here, does have sleeper cells, and we do know from the past that they have some sort of recruitment network. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been outlining america's plans to persuade its middle east allies and other key players to work more closely in the fight against isil. >> i will be meeting with prime minister lavrov in doha and we hope to bo following up on thoughts we have shared a

and as zana hoda reports there are syrians from the area who believe they should all be partners snfrprter: this turkish military position overlooks a syrian border town controlled by isil. it is along the last stretch of territory isil holds along turkey's border with syria, but the arm's groups presence extends to the countryside of aleppo province. turkey has reached an agreement with the u.s. to defeat isil in northwest syria, but there's noing a agreement on which groups they will support in the joint fight. the syrian kurdish fighting force, the ypg backed by the coalition is positioned behind that bridge. but turkey does not consider them as partners. the u.s. however, backs the ypg with air strikes. turkey is concerned the kurds plan to carve out their own state in the area, and that is why it made clear the decision to allow u.s. jets to take off from its territory does not involve helping what it calls a terrorist organization. >> translator: this has already been brought to the attention of the united states. within this context, giving air support to the ypg is not one of t

zana hoda live on the border. >>> u.s.retary of state john kerry has been trying to persuade its middle east allies to work more closely in his fight against isil. >> i'll be meeting with prime minister lavrov and we hope to follow up on syria, and we want to bring the saudis and the turks in and ultimately probably, we have to see what the iranians are prepared to do. but that is a -- you know to deal with daesh, to kill off daesh, isil which we intend to do, we have to change the dynamic of syria, and that's part of why we have been negotiating with turkey in these last weeks and now have some shift in what the turks are prepared to do and there is also a shift in some of the things that we're engaged in. so my judgment is that there are possibilities there, but i'm not going to promise them i can't tell you where they will go and i'm not betting on them. >> let's get some analysis from james bayes in new york. the implication is that turkey has made this shift in policy as a direct result of pressure from the u.s. >> ye