zeina khodr, al jazeera on the syrian turkish border. >>> believed to be two i.s.i.l. bombers made their way into the neighborhood. >>> may go beyond july 9th deadline of iranian nuclear talks. our diplomatic editor james bays has more from vienna. >> negotiators have already been working around the clock here. we understand there was one meeting with the lead u.s. negotiator the lead eu negotiator and two dispute form ministers from iran that went on until 3:00 a.m. some ministers have left. the european union and chinese foreign ministers but the words of laurent fabeus, the french foreign minister said it is likely they will return. trying to get a deal, remember the interim deal has already been extended, extended only until tuesday. so time here is running out. certainly, european union diplomats say they don't see any prospect for negotiation beyond tuesday. we really are in the final part of this very long process of negotiation, to try and find a final deal. a deal for ten years first and then the period beyond ten years to zeal with iran and make sure on behal

(no sound) >>> we have lost zeina khodr. we have a package from her from southern turkey. >> turkey is at war on two fronts, the jets hitting the target across the border in iraq and syria, a day after beginning an air campaign in i.s.i.l. and syria. jets began hitting p.k.k. or working party positoins. the pkk declared the already strained 2013 ceasefire dead. turkish officials are not faced, -- phased and r talking about a long-termed fight. >> reporter: whenever we see a decrease or the vanishing of the threat we'll make a re-assessment. the third wave operations are a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey, i.s.i.l. declared war on a cultural center in ser -- serug erks on monday, many believe the decision to fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government is concerned about i.s.i.l. threatening syrian opposition groups in the stronghold in aleppo province, and is worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syria's kurds. syria's kurd

al jazeera's zeina khodr reports from kilis in southern turkey on the border with syria. >> turkey says it plans to send no troops across the border, instead it says it's cooperating with ground forces already inside syria. those troops are not syria's kurds who the coalition has been relying on. but opposition groups who are fighting both i.s.i.l. and the syrian government acknowledge turkey's prime minister says u.s. which leads the coalition against i.s.i.l. has agreed that those opposition groups should be protected. expectations to a certain level i cannot go into details but for example an important point was the air cover for is free syrian army and other moderate groups fighting against daesh. it is an open secret that turkey is unhappy with the loins between the coalition and the kurdish ypg force. the kurds have expanded their presence. turkey is worried about this for many reasons. it doesn't want the kurds to create a state and inflame separatist sentiments among its own kurdish population, it also considers the offshoot of the pkk which it has declared war on. it doesn't wa

zeina khodr talk us through what's been happening there? >> reporter: well, this is really the the last last stretch of territory between turkey and syria, over the last few weeks i.s.i.l. lost a lot of territory to the syrian kurds. we are in the turkish town and the people of this town are quite worried. this has been the reality for a year and a half. you could actually see the turkish flag just a few meters from the i.s.i.l. flag but there were no incidents along this border. but two days ago turkey declared war on i.s.i.l. and i.s.i.l. has attacked turkish military posts a few miles from here. this border crossing has been closed and you can see a wall behind me but a few hundred meters down this road, it's open territory. you can actually see i.s.i.l. fighters digging trenches, be preparing forces preparing for possible fighting in the near future. so we now see a clear shift in turkish policy. but turkey didn't just declare war on i.s.i.l. it also declared war on the pkk. the kurdistan workers party. >> talking about that declaring w

be zeina khodr reports from the syrian turkish border. >> syrians nor longer welcomed in raqqa. living under i.s.i.l. these kurds were forced to pledge allegiance to the group. after the kurdish fight be force the ypg advanced towards raqqa i.s.i.l. accused it of coordinating with the coalition. >> they ar grade of the kurds and they are worried about logs raqqa city, i.s.i.l. has been digging trenches around the be city's perimeter. >> reporter: closed the main route i.s.i.l. uses to supply rack ca from turkey. the ypg has no plan to advance towards the mainly arab city. the kurds have said any future battle will have to be let by arab forces to avoid ethnic tensions. those in touch with activate activist forces believes i.s.i.l. could be easily defeated. >> there are mainstream syrian opposition groups in the area who are ready to fight i.s.i.l. in raqqa but they need air support and the coalition doesn't seem willing to support them. the coalition only sports the kurds. >> reporter: many syrians have started to question the coalition between the coalition the opposition and t

zeina khodr, al jazeera southern turkey. >> rosalind jordan.claims to u.s. spokesman john kirby. >> reporter: the u.s. telling turkey not to go against the pkk if the pkk are going against i.s.i.l, yes or no. >> the pkk in syria? >> correct. >> the pkk as we observe them are in more than -- in operating in iraq and inside turkey. to conduct -- >> you don't know that they are fighting inside syria as well? >> i have no specific information. i know what she's referring to, i'm getting there. i have no information specifically about where the pkk may be inside syria. in syria largely the counter-i.s.i.l. fighters are members of the ypg right? >> no. >> and the attacks that they rendered were against pkk not the ypg. >> but does that mean that you're telling the turks because now we have this complication inside syria who is shooting at whom at this point? >> you are talking about this recent claim of attack that the turks fired on ypg? >> right. >> so let me -- so the turks have said they are going to investigate that and they have reiterated and clarified that

let's talk to zeina khodr, and start by telling us where you are and what the situation is there? >> we are in the turkish border toin bordering the i.s.i.l.-controlled syrian border town of jir ab lose. the turkish military beefed up their positions, the last stretch of territory under the control of i.s.i.l. attentions high. we understand the military cancelled all leave of units, responsible for protecting the south-eastern boarders. turkey did not declare war on i.s.i.l. but on the p.k.k. as you mentioned earlier, for the first time jets targeted the p.k.k. on military soil. since the military offensive began, they started. the military said they carried out the attack in response to the p.k.k. fighters attacking the turkish army. the turkish army and police came to attack. there has been a number of security incidents over recent days. the turkish government pointing the finger at the p.k.k. as we heard from bernard, the government questioning whether the peace process can continue and demanding that p.k.k. lay down its arms and the government saying that they have detained m

is zeina khodr reports from the turkish syrian border. >> it says it is cooperating with ground forces already inside syria. those troops are not syria's kurds who the coalition that is been relying on but opposition groups who are fighting both siel and the syrian government. be turkish prime minister has agreed that those opposition groups should be protected. the agreement we reached has covered our concerns and expectations up to a certain level. i cannot go into details but for example, an important point was the protection of the free syrian army and the groups fighting daesh. there is no disagreement, turkey is with the hem of coalition air strikes the kurds have expanded their territory. it doesn't want the kurds to create a state and inflame separatist sentiments among its own turkish population. pkk the being turkish party that it has declared war on. it doesn't want the kurds the only party on the ground that is partners with the coalition. prime minister called the new syria it will need to cut its links with the syrian government and cooperate with opposition groups. so fa

zeina khodr, al jazeera turkish border. >>> caliphate only expanded parts of iraq and syria. led by a call to action by i.s.i.l, that brought about more i.s.i.l. attacks beyond the middle east. i.s.i.l. linked groups have struck in saudi arabia, yemen kuwait teuns tunisia and libya. i.s.i.l. has inspired attacks on western targets as well in france canada and australia while here in the u.s. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility at a draw muhammed contest in texas. douglas olivant joins us from d.c. tonight. good to see you doug. >> evening antonio. >> we have discussed in the past how i.s.i.l. was underestimated, the president referring to i.s.i.l. as the jv. >> right. >> but given geographical breadth of i.s.i.l.'s attacks did we underestimate them again even after they took over those large parts of iraq and syria and had begun to be taken more seriously? >> i think we underestimated them, in two aspects. the first and most disturbing was what we saw this past weekend. their ability to coordinate attacks on three different continents in time and space. that i.s.i.l. was able to

are zeina khodr, al jazeera. >> salaries aren't high enough. they've been on strike for over a month. unlike earlier demonstrations they weren't joined by university students. strike has already caused the education minister her job. asian women's kept as sex slaifers doourks the second world war tens of thousands of them kidnapped and forced to work in are broth else. in brothels. >> japanese embassy in washington d.c. to demand an unequivalent statement of the imprisonment of japanese women among the first world war. but it was unprecedented. >> 81-year-old one of 20 still alived. >> translator: draft ed young girls like smieferl and they conned us. i was only 14 at a time and i was age as a. >> compensation to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war this year. but it's a prospect that seems ever more unlikely as shinzo abe's administration distance he itself from past statements of regret fm. >> foreign soil here. they don't want you on the driveway. >> reporter: the following day kim visits the comfort women pe

let's go live now it zeina khodr in southeastern turkey. a, talk us through the statement by the prime minister, he says that they could work the y.p.g. yet the y.p.g. claim they have been attacked again by turkish forces what, does that suggest is going on? >> reporter: yes, a new development. accord to this y.p.g. the syrian kurdish force as well as the syrian observatory human rights, the turkish military she would their positions west of kobane. we still have no independent confirmation, but we did speak to a spokesman from the froome and, in account far, he is issued a warning to turk saying this should not happen again he said this is the second time, it's a potentially dangerous development. why? because of the growing tensions between turkey and syria's kurds as well as turkey and its own kurdish population. tensions are growing. we know that turkey has long been concerned about the growing strength of the syrian kurds along its border. we heard the prime minister say and give conditions real on how the kurds could have a place in wh

zeina khodr is in turkey and has the latest on the campaign against the p.k.k. >> for the first timturkish fighters jets targeted the p.k.k. on turkish soil, following an exchange of fch fire between turkish security forces and the groups. over the past few days turkish jets targeted the group across the border in northern iraq. the security situation undoubtedly deteriorating, there has been a number of incidents. the turkish military blaming the p.k.k. for a number of attacks target ghts the police -- targetting the police in a number of areas across the country. the security situation deteriorating, turkey requested an extraordinary meeting from n.a.t.o. allies, it got the political support, the moral support needed. we have to remember that turkey declared war on two organizations. i.s.i.l. and the p.k.k. >> n.a.t.o. ambassadors met to give support to turkey as it deals with attacks by groups labelled ass terrorism. . privately some officials urged turkey to show restraint in attacks on the kurdish p.k.k. and not let a 3-year peace efforts with the group collapse. the emergency meeting

zeina khodr, al jazeera. >> leftist organization hes, here is bernard smith who has been following developments for us in turkey. >> reporter: 15 people have been arrested in ankara in this latest wave of raids by the security services. the turkish authorities say all of those arrested are foreigners. part of a series of raids that have been going on for the past weeks and months in turkey. they picked up steam after the suicide bombing in suruc. but it's not just targeting i.s.i.l. supporters, potential i.s.i.l. fighters it's also targeting people from the pkk and from an extreme left wing group here in turkey. its targets are groups it considers a threat against national security. across the border, they are claiming that the be turkish group shelled a town near kobani and again on sunday. the turkish military says it's investigating these games claims but says it is not targeting ypg but only i.s.i.l. positions in syria with those air strikes. and it's also been targeting kurdistan worker party base he pkk bases there. nevertheless the turkish military says it's investigating these claims of

live now to zeina khodr who in the south of turkey.us up to diet on the airstrikes which is taking place in what is traditionally a kurdish area. >> reporter: yes. as you mentioned military operations are continuing against isil and the p.k.k. but late yesterday for the first time turkish jets targeted the p.k.k. on turkish soil. since it declared war against the pk k it's been targeting their base as cross the border in northern iraq but last nigh they targeted the p.p. p.k.k. close to the border with iraq. and according to the turkish military the airstrikes remember called in after p.k.k. fighters engaged with security personnel on the ground. there has been an up surge in violence more and more security incidents being report ahead cross the country mainly targeting the turkish army and turkish police. the government and the security sources are blaming those attacks on the p.k.k. the p.k.k. did vow to reretaliate. there hasn't been any claim of responsibility but it claimed responsibility to killing two turkish soldiers in the pro

. >> thank you for that zeina khodr. >>> let's stay in turkey, a police officer has been shot dead ateral for a left wing activist in istanbul. suspected of being a member of the banned far left revolutionary people's liberation party front of the she was killed during a country-wide raid by security force on his friday. it's unclear who fired the shot that killed the policeman. >>> syria's military setbacks have prompted renewed support from its main allies. lebanon and hezbollah. for the first time since the war began he said his army is struggling to contain aisles and rebel groups. >> translator: we do have new recruits every day. the military is carrying out its mission but the syrian army is sometimes required to give up areas in order to hold on in to more important areas. we are in a fateful period. and there are no compromise solutions. >> at least six people have been killed from an attack in the state of punjab in northern india. a group stormed a police station. india has stepped up security along the pakistan border in response to the attack. nidhi dutt in new delhi expla

from turkey zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: tuck i is at war on two front.ts jets are now hitting tagger he's cross the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign against isil in syria turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting p.k.k. or kurdistan workers party positions in iraq's mountains. the p.k.k. immediately declared the already strained 2013 ceasefire with turk at dead. turkish officials are not fazed and talk about a long-term fight. >> translator: whenever we see a decrease in or the fan irving of the threat, then, of course, we will make a reassess think. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> reporter: this is a major shift in policy. for turkey, isil declared war when it bombed a cull tar center in the border town on monday. but many here believe turkey's decision to actively engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government here is concerned about isil threatening syrian opposition groups in their strong hold in aleppo province. it is a

let's hear from being zeina khodr in killis on the southern border with syria. >> reporter: turkey says it has no plans to send troops across the border, in its fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant, instead it's cooperating with ground forces already inside syria. not syria's kurds who the coalition has been relying on but opposition groups which are fighting both i.s.i.l. and the syrian government. agreed that those opposition groups should be protected. the agreement we reached has cover our concerns and expectations up to a certain level. i cannot go into details but for example an important point was the air cover for free syrian army and other moderate rebels fighting against daesh. there has been no confirmation from washington but it is an open secret that the government is unhappy with the alliance. the kurds have expand he their presence along syria's border areas with turkey. turkey is worried about this for many reasons. it doesn't want the kurds to create a state and inflame separatist sentiments. it also considers the ypg an offshoot against the pkk which it h

zeina khodr, al jazeera southern turkey. >> more on those discussions in creating an i.s.i.l. free zone. patty culhane reports. >> turkey is talking with u.s. officials about what the white house calls an i.s.i.l. free zone. 120 kilometer stretch a safe place for millions of refugees now in turkey but the obama administration says it will not create a no fly zone to get rid of i.s.i.l. in the area. and sources say they haven't agreed on who will do the fighting on the ground to find out who will win. it might fall to the syrian opposition to do it on their own. >> either doesn't have the military capacity or someone more extremist that the turks would not want in that zone on their border. and the u.s. and other allies are too far away to provide that military presence. so really it will come down to the turkish military to guarantee the zone would be free of i.s.i.s. >> days after they announced the u.s. could use their base to announce a attacks on syria. >> i understand the coincidence of all of this but it is just that. the attacks against pkk were in retaliations for atta

zeina khodr has been following event for us. describe for us where you are, and the significance of where you are. >> you mentioned a syrian boarder town behind me controlled by islamic state of iraq and levant, the last stretch of territory is that it shares with turkey this has been the reality for a year and a half. it's been a quiet border until thursday. when i.s.i.l. attacked a turkish military outpost and turkey retaliated and started to bomb i.s.i.l. target inside syria. turkey declaring war on i.s.i.l. we fear that i.s.i.l. may carry out a retaliatory attacks. they believe the turkish army will not be able to stock that. we have seen controls along the border. it's doing little to calm the fears of the people here. turkey didn't just declare war on i.s.i.l. it declared war on the p.k.k. >> turkey is at wore on two fronts the jets hitting the target across the border in iraq and syria, a day after beginning an air campaign in i.s.i.l. and syria. jets began hitting p.k.k. or working progresses. the pkk declared the alread

. >> zeina khodr has the latest. >> turkey is at war on two fronts. its jets are hitting targets across the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign in i.s.i.l. and syria, turkish jets began to hit p.k.k. or workers party conditions in the mountains. the p.k.k. declared the strained 2013 ceasefire with turkey dead. >> turkish officials are not faced and talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease or the vanishing of the threat of course we'll make a re assessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> this is a shift m policy. for turkey i.s.i.l. declared war when it bombed a cultural center. many believe that the decision to engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government is concerned about i.s.i.l. threatening syrian opposition groups, in the stronghold in aleppo. and is worried about what it sees as a growing strength. syria's kurds, y.p.g. linked to the p.k.k. controls more than half of the border with turkey. it would be a red l

zeina khodr.outhern turkey. >>> pictures are starting to emerge after the turkish attacks in syria and iraq in the northern area. strikes in the northern province of dehok show smokey craters in kurdish areas since the attacks began, turkish jets have hit sheltered and storage facilities belonging to the pkk in seven areas in northern iraq. mohammed jamjoon is near the turkey/syria border and files this update. >> reporter: a major shift in turkish military strategy now. turkey going after isil targets in syria and pkk target did in northern iraq. turkey today effectively lumping isil and the pkk together. officials here saying both of those groups comprise a huge terrorist threat to the domestic security of turkey. the prime minister gave a call to the president of iraqi kurdistan n which the prime minister said that so long as pkk kept attacking turkey that turkey would take any measures necessary to protect itself from that threat. this is a huge shift in strategy. for a long time now turkey ha