a new front in syria's war turkey launches and ground attacks on the u.s. backed kurdish fighters in northern syria but what are the implications of uncolored olive branch operation and what does it leave relations with washington this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program and. incisively began this year asking whether to thousands and eighteen could see the end of the near seventy year long war in syria latest events would suggest the conflict is instead changing course turkey has lost asked rice in the north as a direct response to the u.s. decision to back it border security force in the region the force mostly made up of kurdish troops who helped get rid of i still was control of this area of syria neither russia nor syria are happy about the announcement but turkey feels particularly threatened it has violent to quote unquote strangle the force before it's even born and it's with that aim that turkey launched the offensive on saturday first targeting the city of offering turkish ground troops crossed into the district on sunday after night

support for kurds in syria is leading to threats of retaliation from turkey the u.s. led coalition plans to set up a thirty thousand strong force in syria just across the border with turkey turkey is president thinks the kurdish led force is a threat and is valid to attack the city of afrin in northern syria afrin is a major stronghold of y.p. kurdish fighters taking considers the y.p. g a terrorist group linked to kurdistan workers party or the p.k. k. fighters who've waged a long war against turkish dominance but in a hundred ports. turkish president today chip tayyip erdogan and using a party address to look staunch in the face of a u.s. backed kurdish force on his southern border he promised to respond with a show of force saying to a key will launch its own military operation and the northern syrian city of buffeting not so still a lot of religion that just like we do not let the kurdistan workers party or open their eyes within our borders we are determined to vanquish them on the other side of fall border god willing in the coming days we will continue the oper

more strategy more clear strategy in syria we have. secretary of state. a couple fifths ago giving this very important speech in the hall for the center in stanford university california in which he said that the united states will be staying actually militarily in syria and that it will not actually withdraw from syria as it did from iraq in two thousand and eleven and it will not actually leave syria after the defeat of feisal to the iranians and he was actually talking about how to use the u.s. military presence in the east and north part of syria in forcing some sort of a political solution to the syrian conflict apart from the russian one because the russians are russians are trying to impose their own vision. bashar assad in power but because they like bashar al assad as has said but because actually they believe that bashar assad in fact got an interest geopolitical interest in this and this bought off of the world so. in my opinion conference light now might be turned into another. beast process in syria because as you said we have geneva we have

syria needs reconstruction. the bill varies in estimate, but let's say between $200 billion and $300 billion plus to reconstruct. the international community has committed itself not to provide that reconstruction assistance until those goals -- constitutional reform, u.n. supervised elections -- are realized. that's a powerful incentive because our assessment is russia, iran, syrian regime don't have those funds, aren't going to be able to contribute, but they want a certain stability and they want authentication and that's what we're withholding until we see the progress made. the second and final comment i'd make is translating everything we do, u.s. and the international community, through the u.n., through the legitimacy of the security council and resolution 2254. this is a counter or counterweight to sochi, to russian initiatives which would control and contain a track on their own. it won't have legitimates -- let them -- legitimization otherwise. >> congress has been strong on this. that is that mr. ass

>> the president is committed to remaining in syria to achieve goals. that means in a diplomatic military sense not based on a calendar but assessment of conditions stabilization efforts moving forward successfully and one is the broader assessment of a political transition with the arabian projection of influence there is no specific numbers that can be attached it is something we will reveal on a progressive basis. >> i would argue you are operating in direct laud long -- a flawed idea. >> it worries me tell the committee our military presence in syria will run so long if our conditions are met including the withdrawal of the arabians. >> i said with the assessments we are making are the broader issues. >> so what is the functionality of military presence? with those non- isis priorities? >> that would have to be provided in a different setting. >> wait a minute. that will not pass muster. generally you can state the purpose of the military is beyond isis without getting into classified materials. >> we are deeply concerned with the activities of thei

but not syria proper. my question to you was how it fits into the sochi talks, do they take into account what has been agreed in the geneva peace process, that there will be a transitional government and president assad does not represent the future of syria. actually, that was not agreed in geneva. there is an understanding described in the geneva conclusions of 2012, that there will be a political transition, yes, but not in the current... you accept that president assad will not remain as president of syria once this peace process is over? once there are elections and somebody else is elected. but that could take years. no, not necessarily. part of this political process would be to draft a new constitution. and hold elections on that basis. there's a un diplomat who says of the secretary general, antonio guterres, that so far sochi doesn't pass the smell test. you are not seen as an honest broker. it is unfair, to say the least. do you seriously think that russia, via this process, can bring peace to s

syria needs reconstruction. the blueberries an estimate between 20,300,000,000,000 plus to reconstruct. the international community will not provide that assistance until those goals, constitutional reform, you and supervised elections are realize. that's a powerful incentive. because they do not have the funds will not be able to contribute they want stability and authentication. that's what we're withholding. translating everything we do, through the un, through the legitimacy of the security council this is the counter or counterweight to russian initiatives which would control and attract on their own. the one have legitimization. >> this committee has been particularly strong on and u.s. deployments have been strong on traditionally. that is mr. assad must be held accountable for his activities. that cannot be compromised in the final political settlement. you committed to that goal? >> we are. >> another area that has been a major concern is iran's footprint in syria. seems likely that russia would be symp

well i don't think syria could do very much russia stood aside. and had three hundred troops in are free they seem to have largely left russia has made an announcement that it's standing behind it's looking with disapproval at this but clearly russia really isn't one hundred position to do anything syria needs russia's back to only if russia willing to take on turkey would be. would our side be able to really do very much about this i think that russia's stance on this is to in a sense warn the kurds and say we were your allies but you've chosen to go with america and because you've chosen now you're going to have to rely on america. to save your position in half being there's nothing we can do for you and this in a sense is a stark reality about the choices being made by the united states by the kurds and today by turkey all of which are time to loggerheads in northern syria. joshua greatly appreciate your time and your views my guest just for landis director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma thanks again later .

expect what the decision are now towards iran toward syria towards. nobody knows can expect especially that we can see now where there is any differences between the e.u. the european union and united states especially what we could see before. ten minutes about the report about the london visit of president bush where he. decided not to go to london because again early in the war everyone is tired from these foreign policy in america is. disturbing the international atmosphere generally thank you for your time sir talk to us professor political sciences at damascus university appreciate it. and thank you for being with us too it's coming up to twenty nine minutes past six moscow time that's the way the news wraps look in so far from out international because you get maybe thirty minutes from now if you can that you know. everybody. stephen ball. task hollywood guy you'll suspect every proud american first of all i'm just george bush and our visa to say this is my buddy max the famous financial guru where she's a little bit different i'm not. going to

i took the picture myself in syria. when we accompany her again on a trip from moscow to chechnya she reveals that she did once manage to see her daughter in the last fourteen years. middle men in turkey helped her to establish contact with selena in december twenty fourth. it took her several weeks of travelling to reach of membership in northern syria sas and the journey was fraught with uncertainty and she didn't know if she would ever arrive. islamic state members allowed her to stay with her daughter for four days she wanted to take her back to chechnya but wasn't allowed to leave internet her children. now together with other mothers she has found that a support group it already has of eight hundred members. is the mother of on who took pity march daughter to syria is also a member of the group. my daughter was always obedient she really trusted her husband and he ordered her to go with him to syria. he's. also to blame for your daughter's disappearance. but no i swear because to be honest it all happened accordin

presence in syria and assad must go in new plan also tillerson u.s. military presence in syria open ended will ensure regime change if you like that we got way way past that with the collapse of the islamic state with talks in afghanistan i'm sorry in kazakhstan with the russians in the iranians in the turks i thought you know to look this is a blast from the past where is this coming from go ahead i've seen in leeds i think what we see at the moment is effectively germany for cation of syria effectively what we are seeing at the moment is in the post-war german situation when the country became divided between two different spheres of influence and that open ended division changed the security and political landscape of the world at least for about forty years of course we have to bear this in mind that at the moment over the last thirteen months what we have seen in the american political establishment is confusion so i really don't want to jump to a conclusion but if mr tenet is absolutely committed to his words and they're going to keep their forc

presence in syria and assad must go in new plan also tillerson u.s. military presence in syria open ended will ensure regime change i thought we got way way past that with the collapse of the islamic state with talks in afghanistan i'm sorry in kazakhstan with the russians in the iranians and the turks i thought you know to look this is a blast from the past where is this coming from go ahead i've seen in leeds i think what we see at the moment effectively. germany for cation of syria effectively what we are seeing at the moment is deeply in the post-war german situation when the country became divided between two different spheres of influence and that kind of open ended division changed the security and the political landscape of the world at least for about forty years of course we have to bear this in mind that at the moment over the last thirteen months what we have seen in the american political establishment is confusion so i really don't want to jump to a conclusion but if mr tillotson is absolutely committed to his words and they are going to

and some real powers who thought the money in new power inside syria and in the. and guess what all of this exaggerated investment income and the lot of them is now bringing to the realization that it is still more complex. than what in two thousand and twelve you know i've seen one of the interesting things is the more countries like saudi arabia and israel blame iran for the region's woes you know that just gets more and more influential because that doesn't make these geopolitical blunders that these other characters do in the region here i mean iraq was a catastrophe what's happening in yemen is a catastrophe syria is holding its own here and you know always looking to blame iran and iran are by almost doing nothing comes out on top don't you think they should learn something from that go ahead. yes i mean certainly when you do look at what has been happening in the region over the last certainly. fifteen years since the invasion of iraq by the united states a lot of things that has happened in the region somehow has ended up kind of benefiting iranian positio

and turkey's president visits the command center for the offensive against kurds in northern syria most turks backed the military action but will they continue to do so as their troops move deeper into syria we'll have the latest from our correspondent in istanbul. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show germany has moved one step closer to getting a new government formal coalition talks between chancellor merkel's conservatives and the social democrats have kicked off more than four months after germans went to the polls now both leaders were upbeat going into these talks there's a lot riding on the outcome not only possible future government is at stake but the future of both political leaders as well here's what they had to say just before the talks. you get this flooding down on the spirits not go it's important to me is that we make even clear what impulses we want for germany's future. we are experiencing a fast changing world and we must make progress in digitization and especially in our schools for our children. we have to push the planning process harder so that the i

-backed forces in northern syria. turkey and nato ally and key partner in the fight against isis maintains the united states-backed kurdish military are a terrorist group. while the uts sees them as proxies who fought and defeated isis instead of sending american troops into battle. u.s. secretary james mat sis urging turkey to exercise restraint in the military operation. the presidential spokeman ibrahim was asked where this leads. he joined me moments ago from the turkish capital ankara. ibrahim, kalin welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> it looks like it's a very dangerous situation. you have launched operation olive branch. it's directly confronting american-backed forces and the u.s. presence there. how can this be happening? >> well with we've been raising this issue of pottering pydypg in the name of fighting daish for months almost years. and we haven't received any convincing answers or positive results from either the american side or from you know the other countries in the region. the reason we had to

in a corner to northeast syria is somehow beholden to the p.k. k. which is no longer true yeah you know mohamed how much you know we talked to you started out with your first comments about the first year of the presidency or trumpets and here in the middle east i mean how much of american foreign policy is actually driven by some kind of vision that president trump has which i doubt to be honest with you or how is it really coming out of tel aviv in riyadh because it seems that you know trump has really cozy. tel aviv in riyadh in his presidency in a very simplistic and i think dangerous way but how much is he being pushed by those two countries go ahead mahmoud. what i think there are two shifts of war taken into consideration in the in the position of the administration one trump was always critical of the obama administration policy toward syria he said that he was not effective and he was not kind of put help in the syrians and now we're looking at the situation where basically it is no clear that all. in the midst of all this chaos shift numbe

there in iraq and in syria after. has been. very very good. of a parent an american military presence. but it is likely that iran is going to maintain. their u.s. troops were deployed in the mainly kurdish region in northeast syria to assist in the fight against isis the u.s. led coalition says the american personnel will stay and help create a border security force of thirty thousand mainly kurdish troops the u.s. policy is to contain iran and it's using its only leverage in syria the kurds to try to do that. the trump doesn't have a new policy for syria he inherited his policy of direct military intervention but he doesn't want the russians iranian regime to declare victory the u.s. is not in a position to confront what it wants to postpone addict a ration of victory what he didn't perspiring however was his campaign pledge today we finally acknowledge the obvious that jerusalem is israel's capital with this highly controversial move trump overturn decades of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east but one year in what this administration thi

syria with the u.s. until recently was saying the relationship with the cause is transactional but right now off the vices i think the talk is that is beginning to understand and well see them to be gullible in this sense the u.s. is going to maintain a longer relationship with the kurds and i agree with joshua yes this is at the expense of turkey the that the us is slowly less concerned about losing turkey to russia which previously the state department and the u.s. has always been worried about but i think that concern is much less now than what it used to be especially with the one at the helm this may change somewhat actually ask about what he learned on the change of attitude so that you raise that i mean the u.s. was against the kurdistan the independence referendum and iraq and yet they seem to support this some that type of action if it ever were to get to that point in syria a real change in policy here isn't it it is it is and i think you're very right to bring up that comparison because many f

has lost in syria. and now it's going to potentially suffer another loss against an angel ally it's really quite amazing well i think again to come here is that we're here in the troops i think what the german media is saying about. mark is just called of that that is most likely the troops but what i had to go on they say in the ball drove me is not all of you know germany is not democratic you know it prevented every trick you into their citizens on the german territory during the elections so no one is good in this situation and the good thing is that they they must each other we see the truth and now we couldn't see to give seems to me that we're going to have to we'll be doing this in the future but this conflict is definitely transforming and it has. much less to do with syria than it does with foreign players inside of c.b.s. gentlemen i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on real news stay with. one else so seems wro

minutes after landing in syria. we being diverted to beirut look at the ballasts said. they're everywhere the entire city seems to be lost in the peace for the people of syria five hundred ten journalists were registered for the sochi peace conference in just four days representatives from seventy eight different channels as well as dozens and dozens of different news agencies most of them foreigners these army of journalists covering this event. only by the number of delegates one thousand six hundred delegates. to take part in these talks syrian politicians and opposition reconciled rebels and active ones commanders and thousands of men christians muslims need faiths and denominations aiming for peace. the hard work putting the finishing touches in place they even have special prayer rooms for both muslims and christians this is a new format no middle man has these a direct talks face to face the aim here isn't to replace other platforms like the geneva peace process it is to supplement them to get the ruling say. everyone's tired of this war. is about letting people

two thousand and eighteen be the year when the war in syria finally. said he's confident his wisdom is no longer after russia helped him turn the tide but also the military gains what kind of political settlement is possible this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. two thousand and eighteen dawns when examining a story that has dominated headlines for the better part of the past six years syria is on many minds because of the millions either dead wounded or made refugees two thousand and seventeen was a good year for president bashar al assad's forces recap church major cities and large areas of rebel held territory the russian resort of sochi is due to host a new round of talks in january but after so many failed negotiations the prospect of peace remains elusive we'll get to our guests in a moment but first then the whole report from beirut. syrians in search of safety there may be less violence because of russian brokered local cease fires but there are still active front lines in some areas of the country. over the past year the oppo

and but i think that the american approach towards syria or this. is more of a decentralized new ssion if we can put it in the stern as they are trying to consolidate or to transform this area of the minute i ordered the escalation zation zone into empowering new administration counter and but this at the same time. doesn't offer a comprehensive solution. one that they into consideration they constitution and that and and the fate of mr assad and one major impediment i think to this lucian is we have we didn't we didn't talk about iran's role and giving that current international situation and that conflict which is increasing between the united states and iran between it and the iran could make . it very challenging in the years to come this is going to be my last question you've lost significant ground you are undermined and divided how was the do you see yourself in the future just sitting with bashar assad negotiating the future of your country. well in the last you need a round the earth one we really wanted that to happen but there is run away

we will likely see is a syria not divided but the void in terms of spheres of a. influences it will be like a multinational company would countries holding shares and of course russia having the biggest share of a political settlement is still a long way off for opponents of the government what is being discussed doesn't amount to peace but priorities have changed in two thousand and seventeen cars for us had to be removed from power were no longer heard western leaders now seem to be more concerned with working with russia to counter iran's growing influence in syria have put their ashes into table. let's now bring in our guest joining us in istanbul yeah a lot of the spokesman for the syrian negotiating committee in moscow alexei clinic of his middle east expert of the russian international affairs council and in beirut sami and director of the levant institute for strategic affairs welcome to you all mr allawi they would like to ask you this question two thousand and thirteen the general sentiment among the opposition we're just a few inches from gaining the wa

still there in iraq and in syria as. has been pushed back already last year but how they do it is very very clear talk at the moment of a parent an american military presence on a small scale in syria but it is overwhelmingly likely to. iraq is going to maintain a major influence there. u.s. troops were deployed to the kurdish region in syria to assist in the fight against iso the u.s. led coalition says the american personnel will stay and help create a border security force of thirty thousand kurdish troops the u.s. policy is to contain iran and it is using its only leverage in syria the kurds to try to do that. in the trump doesn't have a new policy for syria he inherited his predecessor a policy of nor direct military intervention but he doesn't want the russians iranians the syrian regime and hezbollah to declare victory the u.s. is not in a position to confront what it wants to postpone addict a ration of victory what he didn't postpone however was his campaign pledge but today we finally acknowledge the obvious th

syria needs reconstruction. the bill varies in estimate and say between 200 and 300 billion plus to reconstruct. the international community has committed itself not to provide that reconstruction assistance until those goals and the constitutional reform and u.n.-supervised elections are realized. that's powerful incentive because our assessment is syria and iran, but they want a certain stability and they want authentication and that's what we're withholding until we see the progress made. the second and final comment eid make is translating everything we do, u.s. and the international community through the u.n., through the legitimacy of the security council and resolution 2254. this is the counter or counter weight to sochi, to russian initiatives which would control and contain a track on their own. it won't have legitimization minus the validation of the secretary-general and the u.n. >> let me add one more point that this committee has been particularly strong on and the united states senate and congress

move could divide syria. and at least seventy five people have been taken to hospital after being hit by falling rubble at the indonesian stock exchange a war quake collapsed on the upper floors showering debut on to people in the lobby below. the gunmen have attacked an airbase in the libyan capital tripoli they stormed. the fighting spilled on to the runway suspended flights as well it's the only functioning airport in tripoli after the international terminal was damaged in twenty fourteen by mode of the war he joins me now from libya's capital tripoli just bring us up to speed of the exact circumstances of what we know right now in terms of events in and around the airport. well currently the clashes have related leak down to the special deterrence force that is the you back to government of national called force patrolling and securing around the air bases announcing that they have taken over the areas around the bases that were previously captured by armed with groups attacking their bases since early mo

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in a corner to northeast syria is somehow beholden to the p.k. k. which is no longer true yeah you know mohamed how much you know we talked to you started out with your first comments about the first year of the presidency or trumpets and here in the middle east i mean how much of american foreign policy is actually driven by some kind of vision that president trump has which i doubt to be honest with you or how is it really coming out of tel aviv in riyadh because it seems that you know trump has really cozy. tel aviv in riyadh in his presidency in a very simplistic and i think dangerous way but how much is he being pushed by those two countries go ahead mahmoud. what i think there are two shifts of war taken into consideration in the in the position of the administration one trump was always critical of the obama administration policy toward syria he said that he was not effective and he was not kind of put help in the syrians and now we're looking at the situation where basically it is no clear sort all. in the midst of all this chaos shift numbe

this is going to have the news coming to you live from berlin the thickest minute two friends of in syria enters its fifth day of the only road with turkey's allies in syria to kill a goodish militia away from the border and tookie is president and a join keeps up the pressure also coming up rallying supporters to take to the streets and build the as a key rule and former president who not just still awaits his fate an appeals court decides today whether he plays in jail. i'm with such a warm welcome to the program. there's been no letup in turkey's military offensive against kurdish militia in northern syria despite international calls for restraint kurdish forces currently control much of northern syria but it's often which you see here in the northwest which is the focus of turkey's latest offensive so why is often under attack turkey is engaged in a decades long conflict with the kurds with their demand for autonomy it feels threatened by the increased presence along its border and fears that the kurds could expand their hold on northern syria turkish president of it if you are now sa

unveiled the trumpet ministrations goals for syria which include keeping u.s. troops in the country for the foreseeable future but let's be clear. the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge our military mission in syria will remain conditions based we cannot make the same mistakes that were made in two thousand and eleven when a premature departure from iraq allowed al qaeda in iraq to survive and eventually morph into isis it was that vacuum that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations to wreak havoc on the country the u.s. secretary of state they will al-jazeera as a senior political analyst marwan bashara says this marks a turning point in terms of u.s. strategy. this is a major departure from both the trump administration strategy or speaking of strategic the last year and it's certainly a measure departure from the obama administration's assertive in syria and in the greater middle east. in fact you know one who of course would say that this is well thought through stretches the probably too

afrin region it leap are trying to break down why turkey is in syria in the first place. to get a clearer picture of what's going on between the turks and the kurds along syria's northern border we should look at the map this is where the kurds are the two yellow areas the one on the left is the african region that's the new war zone the turkish army entered it from the north west plus they used airstrikes the green area is where the turkish backed syrian rebels are these are the militias that ankara is counting on on the ground there moving in on afrin from the east turkey's claws are being drawn together turkey has officially made it clear they are determined to create a thirty kilometer buffer zone right here along the border once the actual armed operation is done and dusted there's little doubt that the turks have enough military capabilities for that so the buffer zone will mean effectively that a part of syria is under turkish control at the moment it seems ankara isn't going to stop there they want the operation to extend further east as well as president aired on

in syria. and in grozny a typical tighten up people know each other and help each other too despite the high fences there is one thing the neighbors don't discuss of though the missing children. is one of those who has kept her silence for a long time for years but now she's breaking her silence to talk to us about. celina her beloved daughter hasn't been a happy erin's house for four years. her husband who went to syria to fight with the so-called islamic state. he took salina together with their three children i know he will never come back because he was killed last march. since then she says she hasn't heard from her daughter salinas one of hundreds of chechens who have left their homeland since of the beginning of the syrian war to join us. and the women mostly follow to their husbands as is customary for chechen women to do. official figures put the number of chechens fighting for the terrorist militia at seven hundred most all are listed as missing some of the mothers give us these photo

well that is fighting in syria comes as a fresh round of u.n. sponsored peace talks on syria gets underway in vienna for more i'm joined by kerry sky ring in the austrian capital and dorian jones in istanbul hello to you both kerry let's start with you is the turkish offensive in northern syria affecting the peace talks in beata. it's not a direct effect but certainly an indirect effect what it does what that incursion by turkey does is signal the great differences that exist by the international players in the syrian conflict and the people sitting at the un peace table here in vienna they will have allies and former enemies among those international players and they just see once again that there is no unity at the international level on the way forward for syria it also comes at a critical moment this conflict in that area of syria where turkey is making the incursion of the moment we've had these talks described by the u.n. envoy for the syria talks as a critical moment we will see the french foreign minister call it the last hope for the sy

you said was focused on i so now it's actually focused on syria and not just syria in general syria and certain particulars for example the u.s. military presence in syria is going to be indefinite to see the united states will not leave syria apparently until assad goes that's again that's a major shift in policy three that the united states apparently does not see positively this new tryon goal that is forming between the russians the turks and the iranians certainly doesn't like to see iranian influence compounded in syria and hence it is putting through a strategy based also a local powers in order to confront the iranians and the russians in syria hence as russia draws down the united states build up its presence and its our allies in syria so all in all whether it is in favor of israel and jordan whether it is in favor of a new trump a vision let's call it if that even possible. in syria but certainly we are opening a pandora's box now but when it comes to the united states policy mullen was about turkey in all of this and there's two elements here one the turkish reaction to

partitioning syria permanently. attempt and an american at the same end at the behest i would say that the saudis and the israelis here there is again we our viewers have to understand it's very clear the united states has no geopolitical national interest in syria and the american forces are there or are there illegally under international. law there was no united nations security council authorization. and turkey is violating the sovereignty also. the u. is making things was because they will provide economic aid only to the areas which are a lot of the control of the syrian government that board a ship or picture the presence of refugees in the countries like germany france so next time well merkel will be telling to you all there was simply no way i couldn't accept that if you geez i hope the german voters will tell her about the e.u. policy of not financing the parts of the country that are under control of the seattle that turkey is invading in attacking the kurdish canton of african which african which has ac

struck different not only destroyed syria but also destroyed their own released input it will continue oh it's one of the things is if we look at what secretary tillerson had to say about syria which i thought it was like a visit to the twilight zone and could make a whole program on it but the the there will be a embargo a blockade a sanction against rebuilding syria the u.s. will actively push that for us the refugees that left that went to europe will not be able to come back because they'll be nothing to come back to so this perpetuates this problem. exactly and will it will actually see because it won't be any reconstruction more refugees flooding into europe i mean again who are the winners in all of this i don't see anyone just because the united states is trying to fight. assad iran and russia parties in europe the united states and that you hate so much i mean they will be asking these questions and then the mainstream media will say russians russians are sprayed all because he was and it is so obvious i mean could you not have seen that turkey would never ever in a million ye

elsewhere in syria stepping back from antakya. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border president. has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa thousands marched on thursday in protest at turkey's aggression how the wealthy and that's the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. but we came here to protest against the attacks on offering we will stand by offering an outreach to why. is one of three autonomy's kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish p why do party and its armed when the y p g turkey sees the y p g as an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the u.s. in europe consider a terrorist organization but the y.p. g. has been working with the u.s. to push ice a lot of syria not enough lean but further east of the euphrates river the americ