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the better for syria and the region. talking syria i'm joined by my guess omar well coffin u.k. he is founder and director of the good osis a think tank in britain that focuses on syria and the middle east in beirut we have more awesome and she is an academic and journalist and in dublin we cross the mike rather he is coeditor of b s news dot info right across cycles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to beirut 1st you know i read the reactions very closely to try for a partial withdrawal i mean he tried it before and he failed and now he's done it again in lieu of the another illegal and the invasion of syria this time by turkey i mean i was just aghast on that characterization of what's going on in syria right now and western audiences have been given so much to sim from ation and false narratives it's very difficult for them to even understand what's going on except for war must go on endless war and i've been a critic of donald trump for many things but this is t
the better for syria and the region. talking syria i'm joined by my guess omar well coffin u.k. he is founder and director of the good osis a think tank in britain that focuses on syria and the middle east in beirut we have more awesome and she is an academic and journalist and in dublin we cross the mike rather he is coeditor of b s news dot info right across cycles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to beirut 1st you know i read the...
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s used to control 30 percent of syria millions of people live in that corner of syria and they are worried they're worried on what will happen next for example a lot of kurds do not want to find themselves living under turkish rule or the op the syrian opposition will arabs do not want to find themselves under the regime control because many of them are wanted for opposition activities so people as well are worried what will happen next to her with the latest for saying a thank you. so while all of this is happening turkey's president has dismissed claims that eisel prisoners have escaped from detention centers in northeast syria follows reports that an unconfirmed number of people fled from a center and i need after it was shelled by turkish forces s.d.f. says another prison camp and nearly was shelled by turkey on friday or one says his forces will take responsibility for thousands of eisel fighters and their families and northern syria earlier on sunday the u.s. announced it was pulling out all remaining american troops from northern syria the us president has been accused of abandoning
s used to control 30 percent of syria millions of people live in that corner of syria and they are worried they're worried on what will happen next for example a lot of kurds do not want to find themselves living under turkish rule or the op the syrian opposition will arabs do not want to find themselves under the regime control because many of them are wanted for opposition activities so people as well are worried what will happen next to her with the latest for saying a thank you. so while...
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had deployed troops to syria northern syria a decade ago that is also not true ground troops arrived there in 2015 the us president did not mention russia at all in his speech today instead he focused on turkey and he portrayed president aired a one as a leader who had come to his senses and if no one ever misbehaves again trump warns that punishment by sanctions is always an option so the sanctions will be lifted or less something happens that we're not happy with. this was an outcome created by us the united states and nobody else by the moves that we've made we're achieving a much more peaceful and stable area between turkey and syria including a 20 mile wide safe zone turkey syria and all forms of the kurts have been fighting for centuries we have done them a great service and we've done a great job for all of them and now we're getting out. all right we have a team of the correspondence on this story for us tonight from washington d.c. our very own or before the alias and our very own teri schultz is in brussels tonight good evening to you both pablo i want to start with you tru
had deployed troops to syria northern syria a decade ago that is also not true ground troops arrived there in 2015 the us president did not mention russia at all in his speech today instead he focused on turkey and he portrayed president aired a one as a leader who had come to his senses and if no one ever misbehaves again trump warns that punishment by sanctions is always an option so the sanctions will be lifted or less something happens that we're not happy with. this was an outcome created...
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along the border between syria northern syria and southern turkey is that military offensive begins and some smoke in the distance as the military attack happens we're going to cross over to bill in iraq's kurdistan region in the north of the area where our correspondent bernard smith joins me but that you're also getting word that this military offensive has begun by the turks let's just begin with reaction if there is any from kurdistan officials but surely they'll be concerned about an influx of refugees from the area. i think that is the main concern so there's been no immediate reaction to the news coming out of turkey in the confirmation that this assault on kurdish held areas in northeastern syria by the turkish military has started but yes one of the biggest concerns has always be about the fear not just of more refugees coming in to this part of iraq from syria but also the threats to the cams that are holding eisel prisoners now in the kurdish administers parts of northeastern syria there are some $11000.00 it's thought to be i saw related prisoners and they are in detention c
along the border between syria northern syria and southern turkey is that military offensive begins and some smoke in the distance as the military attack happens we're going to cross over to bill in iraq's kurdistan region in the north of the area where our correspondent bernard smith joins me but that you're also getting word that this military offensive has begun by the turks let's just begin with reaction if there is any from kurdistan officials but surely they'll be concerned about an...
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forces leaving northeastern syria would be able to go to. base in western iraq now there are already about $5000.00 u.s. troops in iraq as part of a previous agreement and it was presumed that that would just be those troops would just be added to that agreement and then on wednesday a very strong statement from the iraqi military saying look they're only allowed to transit through iraq they're not allowed to stay and then we're hearing that they may well go to kuwait in the south which is a significant distance away from northeast and syria i think the problem is the language that the u.s. have used what they've said is that the u.s. forces will come back to. in western iraq and mount operations against syria from there and against eisel from there and that seems to the iraqis know what the iraqis have actually said is that we are going to meet with the prime minister and the foreign minister will meet with marcus per the secretary of defense and we are hoping for some clarity on exactly what this deal means that should be a press conferenc
forces leaving northeastern syria would be able to go to. base in western iraq now there are already about $5000.00 u.s. troops in iraq as part of a previous agreement and it was presumed that that would just be those troops would just be added to that agreement and then on wednesday a very strong statement from the iraqi military saying look they're only allowed to transit through iraq they're not allowed to stay and then we're hearing that they may well go to kuwait in the south which is a...
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forces from militant syria. to date we have the great privilege of welcoming [inaudible] executive president of steering the mechanic counsel and former special forces officer who fought alongside our kurdish spf allies in northern syria. we are also joined by bernice from save the children to provide an update on humanitarian situations in syria as well as immediate [inaudible] director of policy and research at the group and a former diplomats. we are also pleased to welcome director of the cato institute. a quickly just takes note for our members as you have noticed their company by a translator and - it will require additional time to interpret questions and answers between members in the witnesses. i intend to hold members to the usual five minute time limit for questions i will allow extra time at my discretion if i determine that fairness requires granting a member additional time whether that member is democrat or republican. i'd like to again thank our witnesses for your willingness to help this committ
forces from militant syria. to date we have the great privilege of welcoming [inaudible] executive president of steering the mechanic counsel and former special forces officer who fought alongside our kurdish spf allies in northern syria. we are also joined by bernice from save the children to provide an update on humanitarian situations in syria as well as immediate [inaudible] director of policy and research at the group and a former diplomats. we are also pleased to welcome director of the...
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is giving some sort of green light to turkey to take their place in syria my own view is that syria is for the syrians and that 'd both the u.s. and turkey need to believe in stay at a just finally the mustin nations of this you know pulling away all the talk the bok talk what you have is is one country entering another sovereign nation how do you expect the syrian government to respond just finally. i would think the syrians will be very cautious i mean they've been fighting a civil war now for a number of years one which the u.s. has been very vocal involved in both directly and through sarah gets including through isis which the u.s. has supported at times syria has largely won the war this point they do not want this war to go on i'm sure they're going to watch to see what happens i think that you know these negotiations with the kurds may bear some fruit i think the syrian government wants a united syria under government control and they're going to act very gingerly to make sure that happens without inspire. some sort of attack direct attack by you know we're. down thanks for you
is giving some sort of green light to turkey to take their place in syria my own view is that syria is for the syrians and that 'd both the u.s. and turkey need to believe in stay at a just finally the mustin nations of this you know pulling away all the talk the bok talk what you have is is one country entering another sovereign nation how do you expect the syrian government to respond just finally. i would think the syrians will be very cautious i mean they've been fighting a civil war now...
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on the turkey syria border and later. filed this update. fast moving developments tonight and states is decision to leave northeastern syria effectively created a vacuum there are many players in the syrian conflict and all of them would like a stake in this corner of syria it is a strategic corner it is where oil fields are located it is the ag it's the bread basket of syria for the damascus government is cash strapped it would it would definitely want to regain control of this area the s.d.f. the kurdish lead as the had little choice because 1st of all it was abandoned by its allies the united states and it is coming under attack and the turkish army along with their local allies the opposition syrian national army they have been launching an operation against a group they consider a terrorist organization because according to turkey the. backbone of the s t f is the syrian kurdish armed group the white p.g. which is linked to the outlawed p k k so the s.d.f. had little choice it struck a deal with damascus a russian brokered deal that ag
on the turkey syria border and later. filed this update. fast moving developments tonight and states is decision to leave northeastern syria effectively created a vacuum there are many players in the syrian conflict and all of them would like a stake in this corner of syria it is a strategic corner it is where oil fields are located it is the ag it's the bread basket of syria for the damascus government is cash strapped it would it would definitely want to regain control of this area the s.d.f....
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syria? what are we doing to prevent turkey from forcibly displacing kurds and resettling syrian refugees along the border? andcan we prevent iran russia from exploiting the situation to their benefit? last week i was pleased to see a strong bipartisan majority passed a resolution that i authored with chairman engel calling on turkey to end this operation. vice president pence and secretary pompeo were successful in brokering a temporary cease-fire. if turkey continues its destructive campaign we will quickly pass new bipartisan legislation that will bring hard-hitting sanctions against erdogan's government. i hope the cease-fire works. i look forward to ambassador at jefferies testimony. you will give us some insight within the administration as to what has taken place the last five days with the cease-fire. i want to thank you for being here right now. there will be a press conference at the white house in probably 35 minutes. manlieve you are the right for this job at a very challenging ti
syria? what are we doing to prevent turkey from forcibly displacing kurds and resettling syrian refugees along the border? andcan we prevent iran russia from exploiting the situation to their benefit? last week i was pleased to see a strong bipartisan majority passed a resolution that i authored with chairman engel calling on turkey to end this operation. vice president pence and secretary pompeo were successful in brokering a temporary cease-fire. if turkey continues its destructive campaign...
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troops from syria. well an opinion piece for the washington post a turkish presidential aide has called on the international community to support ankara's efforts to bring peace and stability to the region farted out and says turkey has no ambition in northeastern syria except to neutralize a longstanding threat against hackish citizens and to liberate the local population from the yoke of armed thugs regarding the why p.g. them out and calls militants he says if they are genuinely interested in fighting islamic state they can defect without delay or they can listen to their commanders who say that they will fight the turkish forces in which case we will have no choice but to stop them and goes on to say the us has borne the brunt of the counter islamic state campaign for too long turkey which has major 2nd largest army is willing and able to take the lead now and drive it home while our correspondent ali stratford is an article a on turkey's border with syria charles what kind of movements have you bee
troops from syria. well an opinion piece for the washington post a turkish presidential aide has called on the international community to support ankara's efforts to bring peace and stability to the region farted out and says turkey has no ambition in northeastern syria except to neutralize a longstanding threat against hackish citizens and to liberate the local population from the yoke of armed thugs regarding the why p.g. them out and calls militants he says if they are genuinely interested...
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victims or syrian the perpetrator in syria and the crime were committed in syria but nonetheless they all prosecuted and. that's how it works that's a principle of universal jurisdiction and it's a level for really grave crimes crimes that we consider that or crimes against all humanity all mankind such as crimes against humanity to daughter. and that's why it's so grave that they should tackle the issue and try to prosecute the. valerie you mentioned grave crimes there and i wanted to bring up this tweet reminding us all of what some of those crimes were this from the global center for the responsibility to protect their right throughout the 8 year war in syria every major principle of international law has been violated indiscriminate attacks on civilians sexual violence a blockage of humanitarian aid deliberate targeting of hospitals and humanitarian workers have been the hallmarks of this war so keeping that in mind is why we see tweets like this jonah says if there's no accountable government and sound judicial system in syria then it's better to have some kind of justice in germ
victims or syrian the perpetrator in syria and the crime were committed in syria but nonetheless they all prosecuted and. that's how it works that's a principle of universal jurisdiction and it's a level for really grave crimes crimes that we consider that or crimes against all humanity all mankind such as crimes against humanity to daughter. and that's why it's so grave that they should tackle the issue and try to prosecute the. valerie you mentioned grave crimes there and i wanted to bring up...
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northern syria are affiliated to the p.k. k. somehow now that the p.k. k. is a movement that the turkish government sat down with between 250-2050 politically to try and solve the kurdish issue now if your able to sit down with the actual movement that is for an insurgency against you directly namely the p.k. k. then how can it be that a few years after you feel it necessary to actually cross the border into a completely different country and attack kurds there for their so-called affiliation to the p.k. k. now i think international forces need to take note of this as well there was a potential for peace between to turkish government and the p.k. k. and i think the only way to solve all of this crisis and. tension is for international powers under turkish government as well to really think it's kurdish policy and sit down with the very movement that it's itself fighting the insurgency in turkey last month in istanbul your thoughts on that while there on says that the turkish government needs to rethink its kurdish policy but
northern syria are affiliated to the p.k. k. somehow now that the p.k. k. is a movement that the turkish government sat down with between 250-2050 politically to try and solve the kurdish issue now if your able to sit down with the actual movement that is for an insurgency against you directly namely the p.k. k. then how can it be that a few years after you feel it necessary to actually cross the border into a completely different country and attack kurds there for their so-called affiliation...
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against his nato ally the dramatic reversal comes as turkish forces advance deeper into syria trump has slammed turkey's actions as a dangerous threatening peace security and stability in the region also coming up angry catalans protests up to spain supreme court finds the politicians who pushed the independence guilty of sedition and disobedience one is jailed for 13 years and the nobel prize for economics goes to a trio of u.s. based research shows who have broken new ground in efforts to lift the world's poor house of property. i mean you could as mckinnon thanks so much for joining me to widespread criticism u.s. president donald trump has backtracked on his policy in northern syria he's announced sanctions against turkish officials over chris incursion against codes there and he slammed turkey's actions as dangerous trump had previously announced that u.s. troops would be withdrawn from the region and that has led kurdish fighters to ally themselves with the syrian government to which they had previously. again opposed. the syrian town of ras al-ain pounded by turkish a terrori
against his nato ally the dramatic reversal comes as turkish forces advance deeper into syria trump has slammed turkey's actions as a dangerous threatening peace security and stability in the region also coming up angry catalans protests up to spain supreme court finds the politicians who pushed the independence guilty of sedition and disobedience one is jailed for 13 years and the nobel prize for economics goes to a trio of u.s. based research shows who have broken new ground in efforts to...
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the same situation in syria. "new york times" had reported there was up to 18,000 isis fighters across syria and iraq. the u.s. presence in syria was designed to roll up isis networks to the extent possible and most and poorly local forces and reconstitutes them after the losses of 10,000, they say, in the war against isis to build to in cells in the long term. as understand your special operation forces and green berets were in effort with ypg counterterrorism units to train them to do this on their own one day. so just pulled the plug on all that before has a chance to succeed, i think is a big mistake here. not planning at all for the withdrawal to the point where you see u.s. troops retreating and turkish backed forces firing on them as they retreat, which i had to read that three temps make sure i was reading it right, is just a picture of chaos. rather than the sort of near to midterm plan of stabilize these areas and is forced isis does e, we're seeing a really chaotic worst-case scenario withdrawing chaos
the same situation in syria. "new york times" had reported there was up to 18,000 isis fighters across syria and iraq. the u.s. presence in syria was designed to roll up isis networks to the extent possible and most and poorly local forces and reconstitutes them after the losses of 10,000, they say, in the war against isis to build to in cells in the long term. as understand your special operation forces and green berets were in effort with ypg counterterrorism units to train them to...
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you're trying to take over syria. this is what we're experiencing this cheo says environment all the powers took advantage of this chaos and invented this machine called a diet. in arab league today. regarding the refugees have they ever gave a penny for the help of refugees. the european union 3 point. 3000000000 a year is they sent to the red crescent but they promised 6000000000 euros but. even if this money comes or not. we spent 40. $40000000000.00 we spent over $40000000000.00. the places that are that there are acts. and these are the places that all our people in our region live these this savage group has nothing to do with islam and they are the biggest enemy of muslims and ashamed of the muslim. every time there was a step that could be taken for the benefit of muslims there as a factor is always in the way of course there as a project that has been there that has been developed as a project and all these countries who are responsible for this project today look like they are the biggest enemies of diet. bu
you're trying to take over syria. this is what we're experiencing this cheo says environment all the powers took advantage of this chaos and invented this machine called a diet. in arab league today. regarding the refugees have they ever gave a penny for the help of refugees. the european union 3 point. 3000000000 a year is they sent to the red crescent but they promised 6000000000 euros but. even if this money comes or not. we spent 40. $40000000000.00 we spent over $40000000000.00. the places...
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the group what is unanimous that what happens in syria does not stay in syria. we argue that to be prioritized the united statesng retain leverage of influence and outcome to protect us interest. the decisions over the last ten days have enormous implications for syria. t 14 will discuss a specific study group recommendations but the fundamental drivers of conflict and violent are unchanged. notably there are those points here in congress those were largely delegated before last week now they are front and center of international compliance. as the executive legislature works to articulate toor realistically achieve the majority of us forces are withdrawn report proposes a series of specific nonmilitary recommendations park is also important to remind ourselves of the order of conflict and plant syria with the broader strategic landscape of nationalhe.s security it has fie challenges international terroris terrorism, iran, russia, refuges and international norms it began as a peaceful protest against an autocratic dictator from the arab spring in 2011 although t
the group what is unanimous that what happens in syria does not stay in syria. we argue that to be prioritized the united statesng retain leverage of influence and outcome to protect us interest. the decisions over the last ten days have enormous implications for syria. t 14 will discuss a specific study group recommendations but the fundamental drivers of conflict and violent are unchanged. notably there are those points here in congress those were largely delegated before last week now they...
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thus all actions in syria are driven by our core object he was defeating islamic terror, restoring syria to a civilized state, and ensuring the removal of all iranian commanded forces from that country. some argue these object he was are too ambitious. but frankly we have no other choice than to pursue them in order to lead the world out of the crisis. now in dealing with today's situation in northeast syria turkey is obviously the immediate heavy. it acted unwisely and dangerously as you have indicated despite as i'm ready to despite warning after warning and incentive after incentive from this administration to choose differently including a package of economic and security commitments and a visit to washington. as a result, millions of vulnerable syrians are syria democrat forces sdf forces in the israel, jordan and iraq and the gulf and in the end turkey itself through this intervention are all made less secure and isis made more emboldened. but in digging out of this mess let us remember with turkey's actions we face another all too common regional phenomenon with the nato state. a
thus all actions in syria are driven by our core object he was defeating islamic terror, restoring syria to a civilized state, and ensuring the removal of all iranian commanded forces from that country. some argue these object he was are too ambitious. but frankly we have no other choice than to pursue them in order to lead the world out of the crisis. now in dealing with today's situation in northeast syria turkey is obviously the immediate heavy. it acted unwisely and dangerously as you have...
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the second was to achieve a withdrawal from syria of all iranian commanded forces and militias in syria. to rollback the iranian power projection grab. the islamic revolutionary guard corps has essentially reached across iraq, syria trying to to try ton a bid it establish strategic outposts in syria that can pose a new kind of existential threat. that is to israel and other of syria's neighbors. that is something in my view that is the most dangerous strategic element in the northern middle east in today, and the factor that is most likely to cause a regional conflict across the northern middle east. the third objective that the tosident gave us was to try achieve a political resolution to the syrian conflict under the offices of u.n. security council resolution 2254, so to get a political solution to the conflict that could address the other two objectives. and ale dash caliphate qaeda safe haven that pops up here and there, and power projection across the northern middle east are symptoms of the underlying conflicts. they are not the cause. have risenhings that on the part of those wh
the second was to achieve a withdrawal from syria of all iranian commanded forces and militias in syria. to rollback the iranian power projection grab. the islamic revolutionary guard corps has essentially reached across iraq, syria trying to to try ton a bid it establish strategic outposts in syria that can pose a new kind of existential threat. that is to israel and other of syria's neighbors. that is something in my view that is the most dangerous strategic element in the northern middle...
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will have more on the turkish offensive in syria after the short break. to. let you know. that because. of this connection to last him should ask for the past 70 and seeing and on monday today for the dutch. commission. branches just. no new car so said on the opening much to the mama just back. talk about one of the worst cases of predatory baxter's defrauding and abusing the poor and sick that i've seen in a couple years you know we have entered issue to many instances of bankers preying on folks but this is this is a this is really happening. in the age of trump what has happened to journalistic standards and competence in the media not long ago it was generally agreed that politics was the art of the possible no one news narrative must prevail and all others must be bang. which is a state of affairs serve the public interest. welcome back we go back to our breaking news story this hour turkey has announced the launch of a military offensive in syria as an arab one says it's aimed at the kurdish workers party and islamic state terrorists syrian state television reports
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headquarters defense ministers now faced with one of their own turkey suddenly patrolling northern syria together with the nato and 1st week russia can be alliance in 2 of its major test of its unity. also coming up the european union's human rights prize goes to gillingham talking about his work defending china's we go minority will speak to his daughter who says the family hasn't seen him put in prison 2 years ago. our family members were and are no longer able to visit paris and we don't know if we still had a calling the same person one that would we don't even know if he's still alive. and love them for years for decades after his death is still a cure all for some in spain but others is a haunting figure the remains of former dictator francisco franco exude relocated and be buried easier than lames arrest the legacy of franco for good. at nato headquarters they have a problem with one of their own defense ministers are discussing turkey's actions in northern syria in the last 2 weeks in a highly unusual event turkey a nato member is now closely collaborating in syria with a nato ri
headquarters defense ministers now faced with one of their own turkey suddenly patrolling northern syria together with the nato and 1st week russia can be alliance in 2 of its major test of its unity. also coming up the european union's human rights prize goes to gillingham talking about his work defending china's we go minority will speak to his daughter who says the family hasn't seen him put in prison 2 years ago. our family members were and are no longer able to visit paris and we don't...
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northern syria are affiliated to the p.k. k. somehow now that the p.k. k. is a movement that the turkish government sat down with between 20302050 politically to try and solve the kurdish issue now if your able to sit down with the actual movement for an insurgency against you directly namely the p.k. k. then how can it be that a few years after you feel it necessary to actually cross the border into a completely different country and attack kurds there for their so-called affiliation to the...
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troops being pulled out of northern syria. the reality now is that russian forces are moving into the same kurdish territory that the u.s. has abandoned meanwhile there has been a cessation of fighting. i think what we have seen over the last days is encouraging because it shows that it is possible to move towards a political settlement a political solution and what you have seen is at least some reduction some significant reduction in violence and fighting russia and turkey want to establish a safe zone along the turkish syrian border of around 30 kilometers as and they say kurdish forces must leave turkey wants to resettle a 1000000 syrian refugees that are currently living in turkey. all of this means the kurds lose hard won territory but avoid a likely annihilation at the hands of the turkish military. together with turkish president wretched tayyip erdogan the big winner here is a flat in there putin was further cementing his pivotal role in the middle east. let's bring in our correspondent pablo folly in washington u.s.
troops being pulled out of northern syria. the reality now is that russian forces are moving into the same kurdish territory that the u.s. has abandoned meanwhile there has been a cessation of fighting. i think what we have seen over the last days is encouraging because it shows that it is possible to move towards a political settlement a political solution and what you have seen is at least some reduction some significant reduction in violence and fighting russia and turkey want to establish a...
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america have agreed to a cease-fire in syria. in military pause operations for 120 hours while the united states facilitates thewithdraw of ypg from affected areas in the safe zone and once that is completed, turkey has agreed to a permanent cease-fire and the united states of america will work with turkey, will work with nations around the world to ensure that peace and stability is the order of the day in this safe zone on the border between syria and turkey. let me recognize secretary of state mike on pale, and thank you mr. secretary -- mike pompeo , and thank you, mr. secretary for your work. there remainseo: a great deal of work to do in the region with lots of challenges remaining. the effort sense -- sets with the risk of instability and president erdogan's decision to work alongside president trump will be one that will benefit turkey a great deal. thank you. i know you want to take questions now. go right ahead. >> thank you very much. overcome the damage over the past week. a lot of things have been said and threats of
america have agreed to a cease-fire in syria. in military pause operations for 120 hours while the united states facilitates thewithdraw of ypg from affected areas in the safe zone and once that is completed, turkey has agreed to a permanent cease-fire and the united states of america will work with turkey, will work with nations around the world to ensure that peace and stability is the order of the day in this safe zone on the border between syria and turkey. let me recognize secretary of...
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forces entering syria. president made that clear in his discussions in his correspondence with president an heir to juan. and i believe that the candor and frankness that president trump applied to this and the strength of his relationship with president erda one both contributed to the ability for this agreement to come about and now we will we will work together to implement this agreement and as i said our team is already working with the y. p.g. personnel in the safe zone for an orderly withdrawal outside of the 20 mile mark and and we're going to go forward together to bring peace and security of this region i'm very confident of that. ok i. chena. place. you're going to see and i know. there are reports by some international vulcans a sense on how by fiji's to think i think on religious minorities in northern syria and christian leaders in turkey i'm making calls to the county to ensure peace and security in the region i'm wondering your thoughts on this. well let me let the secretary also address tha
forces entering syria. president made that clear in his discussions in his correspondence with president an heir to juan. and i believe that the candor and frankness that president trump applied to this and the strength of his relationship with president erda one both contributed to the ability for this agreement to come about and now we will we will work together to implement this agreement and as i said our team is already working with the y. p.g. personnel in the safe zone for an orderly...
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in syria an extension for these. groups that are by the way listed by the us as a terrorist organization so they see that the us is being 2 sided here standing with the white b.g. who are supposed to be also terrorist as the p.k. card but that the 1st thing that they want to see is to create some sort of a safe zone in the in the northern part of syria that goes from men bush goes through to the other goes through. the city for hosiery miss. to save zone and then. for turkey or turkey not not for not for syria definitely and at the end of the day they would say look we are trying to save the make this this piece of land saves on for us for our national security therefore we can station here we can be an occupying force but later on the planet ever got to bring in 1800000 refugees he was he's willing to give them nationalities he wants distinction them and this saves on therefore by all means it will become a turkish learnt ok well that's very into them are you know but nobody did consult to damascus about this well t
in syria an extension for these. groups that are by the way listed by the us as a terrorist organization so they see that the us is being 2 sided here standing with the white b.g. who are supposed to be also terrorist as the p.k. card but that the 1st thing that they want to see is to create some sort of a safe zone in the in the northern part of syria that goes from men bush goes through to the other goes through. the city for hosiery miss. to save zone and then. for turkey or turkey not not...
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military plans to redeploy troops to protect oil fields in syria a reversal of president transporter to its draw american forces now this comes as nato defense ministers meet for a 2nd day of talks on a unified position on syria turkey's collaboration with russia there is driving a wedge through the alliance also coming up. our reporter revisits her hometown affluent in the german state of the n.g.'s to get a sense of populism is growing cold there the far right e.f.t. could deliver another blow in that state the chancellor maclin regional elections this weekend. plus a last minute scramble to climb australia's most famous rock tourists coming out in force hoping to scale blue route in the final hours before a band goes into the fact that rock is now closed off out of respect for indigenous peoples. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us the united states will be moving troops into eastern syria to help defend the region's oil fields from islamic state and that's according to u.s. defense official. wilson's announcement coming after the decision by president trump to pull america
military plans to redeploy troops to protect oil fields in syria a reversal of president transporter to its draw american forces now this comes as nato defense ministers meet for a 2nd day of talks on a unified position on syria turkey's collaboration with russia there is driving a wedge through the alliance also coming up. our reporter revisits her hometown affluent in the german state of the n.g.'s to get a sense of populism is growing cold there the far right e.f.t. could deliver another...
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and north east of syria was also syria and north east of syria also where isis is believed to have bases there so resurrecting isis as a threat as a new threat to iraq is a worrying issue where isis is believed to have bases there so resurrecting isis as a threat as a new threat to iraq is a worrying issue and it is something that we all share. and it is some thing that. we all share this fear and this worrying aspect but that doesn't mean that this is something that a worrying aspect but that doesn't mean that this is something that is going to happen it is still something we have to take in consideration is going to happen it is still something we have to take in consideration and we have to prepare for it. and we have to prepare. to support. the judgments reportedly dismissed the hearing into the case of trumps former security advisor michael flynn who really dismissed the hearing into the case of trump's former security advisor michael flynn who would be completely guilty to lying lying to the to the f.b.i. f.b.i. i have to flynn's news new legal duty. this test test test amount of m
and north east of syria was also syria and north east of syria also where isis is believed to have bases there so resurrecting isis as a threat as a new threat to iraq is a worrying issue where isis is believed to have bases there so resurrecting isis as a threat as a new threat to iraq is a worrying issue and it is something that we all share. and it is some thing that. we all share this fear and this worrying aspect but that doesn't mean that this is something that a worrying aspect but that...
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it would be led by syria and syria doesn't want turkey to take its land i can understand that but what does that have to do with the united states of america if they're fighting over syria's land are we supposed to fight a nato member in order that syria who is not our friend keeps their land i don't think so but syria does have a relationship with the kurds the thing that's common is that everybody hates isis now the p.k. k. which is. part of the kurds as you know is probably worse a terrorist more of a terrorist threat in many ways than isis so it's a very semi complicated not too complicated if you're smart but it's a semi complicated problem and i think it's a problem that we have very nicely under control we have 2 countries wanting their land we have one country that wants land perhaps that doesn't belong to them because they want to have a. 22 mile strip of they call it freedom they call it a lot of things they want to get terrorists you have another country it says you can have our land and they can have to work that out now with that being said. by president mike pence is goin
it would be led by syria and syria doesn't want turkey to take its land i can understand that but what does that have to do with the united states of america if they're fighting over syria's land are we supposed to fight a nato member in order that syria who is not our friend keeps their land i don't think so but syria does have a relationship with the kurds the thing that's common is that everybody hates isis now the p.k. k. which is. part of the kurds as you know is probably worse a terrorist...
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and syria. it was not necessarily white pg itself. when it was a possibility of the emergence of another autonomous in syria especially after the creation of the kid. both instances, the midwife of the creation of the kurdish government in iraq, was the united states. united states was doing exactly the same thing in the weight of the turkish perspective. in the process of helping a group that had created no autonomous functioning region and syria. and the logical step is one the syrians and once the civil war is over, with united states hell, that the city syrian cars would grab baton to me and syria. that in and of itself is the strategic step. was next. in an environment where there is paranoia and what we have seen is the enemy, you see all of the time government officials and just mentioning the fact that what they really want to do, and they were wanting to split turkey up. and turkey being split up, it's not real of course but for monday people it is actually a governor rising organizing,
and syria. it was not necessarily white pg itself. when it was a possibility of the emergence of another autonomous in syria especially after the creation of the kid. both instances, the midwife of the creation of the kurdish government in iraq, was the united states. united states was doing exactly the same thing in the weight of the turkish perspective. in the process of helping a group that had created no autonomous functioning region and syria. and the logical step is one the syrians and...
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syria and turkey. vice president pence made the announcement in turkey after a four-hour meeting with turkish president erdogan. vice president pence: one week ago turkish forces crossed into syria. earlier this week, president trump took decisive action to call on turkish forces to stand down, to end the violence, agree to negotiations. today, i'm proud to report, thanks to the strong leadership of president donald trump and the strong relationship between president erdogan and turkey and the united states of america, that today we united states and turkey have agreed to a cease ire in syria. the turkish side will pause operation peace spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of y.p.g. forces from the safe zone for 120 hours. all military operations under eration peace spring will be paused an operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal. our administration has already been in contact with syrian defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe wit
syria and turkey. vice president pence made the announcement in turkey after a four-hour meeting with turkish president erdogan. vice president pence: one week ago turkish forces crossed into syria. earlier this week, president trump took decisive action to call on turkish forces to stand down, to end the violence, agree to negotiations. today, i'm proud to report, thanks to the strong leadership of president donald trump and the strong relationship between president erdogan and turkey and the...
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like right to come by syria and but they're very tragic on civilians who are stuck in their os of syria and who can more then one more than one group start to hit and russian. government turkish then they take a ices and like only the end the only one who was in take it from all of that is are the civilians. are they syrian refugees in turkey who are willing to voluntarily return to go to this safe area that turkey is planning to establish in the northeast look there there are nearly 4000000 refugees from syria and turkey right now so it will not be realistic to say that all of these refugees 1st will be voluntarily returning to turkey will make all these $4000000.00 refugees return home and 3rd to say that none of these refugees will will go back to the establish zone saw their own demain one of the main reasons why turkey wants to establish design is to enable those who want to voluntarily return to syria to basically establish an area where they can actually go back. turkey will of course not do this by force but in order for turkey to say here those who wants to go back to syria the
like right to come by syria and but they're very tragic on civilians who are stuck in their os of syria and who can more then one more than one group start to hit and russian. government turkish then they take a ices and like only the end the only one who was in take it from all of that is are the civilians. are they syrian refugees in turkey who are willing to voluntarily return to go to this safe area that turkey is planning to establish in the northeast look there there are nearly 4000000...
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syria still matters. making this case is not something that our group took for granted. especially at a time of heightened public debate about the u.s. role in the world and what we should invest to achieve u.s. objectives. the group was unanimous in its conclusion that what happens in syria does not stay in syria. the united states contained leverage to influence an outcome that protects u.s. interests. they have enormous implications for the conflict in syria and for u.s. interests. we will discuss the study gro group's specific assessments and recommendations, but needless to say, syria still matters. the fundamental drivers of c conflict and i violence in syria are unchanged today. notably, there's bipartisan acknowledgment of these points here in congress. the conflict in syria was regulated to the margins of public attention before last week. now it is front and center of international headlines and has captured domestic attention. as the executive and legislative branches of the u.s. government wor
syria still matters. making this case is not something that our group took for granted. especially at a time of heightened public debate about the u.s. role in the world and what we should invest to achieve u.s. objectives. the group was unanimous in its conclusion that what happens in syria does not stay in syria. the united states contained leverage to influence an outcome that protects u.s. interests. they have enormous implications for the conflict in syria and for u.s. interests. we will...
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stall in syria's war is the u.s. administration endorsing a turkish offensive in northern syria and are they abandoning your people the kurds . thank you for having me on the show firstly i think. very short and simple answer to that is we just simply do not know yet because in the last year and a half president trump has tried to leave syria on to 2 previous occasions on both being severely pushed backed by the american establishment on the 2nd time in december in 2019 when president front said he had ordered the military to actually leave syria. the crisis grew so much the defense secretary of the time james mattis had resigned over it and then subsequently brett mcgurk also resigned over president trump decision to withdraw now we know that after that this isn't pressure from congress especially had president trump backtracking a little bit and actually slowing down the withdrawal although a very limited withdrawal took place. the u.s. and president trump himself also said that the american soldiers would stay lon
stall in syria's war is the u.s. administration endorsing a turkish offensive in northern syria and are they abandoning your people the kurds . thank you for having me on the show firstly i think. very short and simple answer to that is we just simply do not know yet because in the last year and a half president trump has tried to leave syria on to 2 previous occasions on both being severely pushed backed by the american establishment on the 2nd time in december in 2019 when president front...
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forces from northern syria is a deeply disturbing development that betrays i would. well have been instrumental part you know a mission to eradicate isis we must always have the backs of our allies if we expect them to have our back the kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against isis in syria leaving them to die is a big mistake losing the reputation as a reliable partner is the main concern after all nobody wants to partner up with a backstabber so we decided to ask new yorkers if they think that donald trump is taking the right moves should the usa have pulled out of syria so suddenly i do not support anything donald trump supports he'll flip he'll flip flop just like you know his dad's honestly i don't think you should be there. somebody is going to suffer we stay there they suffer we leave they suffer so no we have reason to stab them in the back we've helped them as much as we possibly can and that some point they have to be able to stand on her own 2 feet syria you think it's too soon. probably i just think there's a lot of hypocrisy. let's go live
forces from northern syria is a deeply disturbing development that betrays i would. well have been instrumental part you know a mission to eradicate isis we must always have the backs of our allies if we expect them to have our back the kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against isis in syria leaving them to die is a big mistake losing the reputation as a reliable partner is the main concern after all nobody wants to partner up with a backstabber so we decided to ask new yorkers if...
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iran rather than syria saying that they respect syria's sovereignty that this operation is a must do thing and the turkey will try to do things as quickly and as safely as possible with. little violence possible peculiar because why wouldn't you reach out to sample another country that iran ease a strange choice they've also been room. is that the s.d.f. has tried to reopen dialogue talks with the massacres with president asad the logic presumably being that if the syrian army moved into northern north eastern syria then the turks would have no choice but to withdraw they wouldn't want to war and multiple fronts the other rumor is that asad has said no i said and said that we will only move in if you give up all weapons and reintegrate your self into into greater syria the timeline of this seems to be happening at a rapid pace turkey reiterated that it was going to invade at the start of the weekend the u.s. on sunday night donald trump says we're leaving and no this happens. well obviously we had all the warnings i mean nobody can say that they didn't see this coming and warned that
iran rather than syria saying that they respect syria's sovereignty that this operation is a must do thing and the turkey will try to do things as quickly and as safely as possible with. little violence possible peculiar because why wouldn't you reach out to sample another country that iran ease a strange choice they've also been room. is that the s.d.f. has tried to reopen dialogue talks with the massacres with president asad the logic presumably being that if the syrian army moved into...
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from syria, they want to disengage from syria. they regard the sicilian that the syrian refugee problem is a very important issue. they think turkey has had lots of negative impact from the syrian policy pursued so far. all right, let's go to our first pursued so far. all right, let's go to ourfirst question pursued so far. all right, let's go to our first question here. pursued so far. all right, let's go to ourfirst question here. it pursued so far. all right, let's go to our first question here. it is from humeda elith karatash. hello. my question is, even though most countries accept that turkey is powerful in the region, why do these solutions that turkey offers often get ignored? like what they are proposing about syria? hussein, i think that is one for you. actually, i think that no other external force in syria has a solution. if you ask me about, what is the end goal for american involvement in eastern syria, northern syria, i have no answer. if you ask the same thing for russia, i don't know. but if you ask for turkey, t
from syria, they want to disengage from syria. they regard the sicilian that the syrian refugee problem is a very important issue. they think turkey has had lots of negative impact from the syrian policy pursued so far. all right, let's go to our first pursued so far. all right, let's go to ourfirst question pursued so far. all right, let's go to our first question here. pursued so far. all right, let's go to ourfirst question here. it pursued so far. all right, let's go to our first question...
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troops from syria. we've a call for caution from russia step basons in moscow with more on that shortly but 1st let's cross over to charles stratford who's arm the turkey side of the border with syria and charles we've been talking about a military buildup for the past few days now so just give us or paint the picture really in terms of what you've been able to see both through the day and through the night. but certainly what we've been reporting is consistent with fixedly what we've witnessed over the last couple of days here. last night for example our drive back to the hotel dozens of military vehicles heading towards this area where our live position is these vehicles included a p.c.'s we believe trucks carrying i mean ition they were flatbed trucks with tanks as well we've seen artillery positions as well very close by to hit and there are as we have also been reporting now confirmation it certainly seems the fight is with the f.s.a. the free syrian army which of course been supported by the turki
troops from syria. we've a call for caution from russia step basons in moscow with more on that shortly but 1st let's cross over to charles stratford who's arm the turkey side of the border with syria and charles we've been talking about a military buildup for the past few days now so just give us or paint the picture really in terms of what you've been able to see both through the day and through the night. but certainly what we've been reporting is consistent with fixedly what we've witnessed...
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so who actually turk is position in syria in northern syria either north this or north of us has been very complicated since the beginning if for instance like an hour or more ago a turkish president how the phone conversation with russian president putin and according to the turkish presences statement that both leaders stated that this operation can be constructive and it would open the way pave the way for a democracy solution in syria but of course the alignments always change on the ground especially when it comes to syria even though within opposition or opposite groups for the for the pew idea and why fiji we know that russia doesn't recognize them as a terrorist organization and they have had talks as well so for people why do or why fiji it is practical to align with russia or approach to reggie when they have and then out of response from the americans so this is also a question mark for turkey as well and how russia will react towards this military operation has not been very clear so far so will to and from the iranian side we have been hearing that this operation might be
so who actually turk is position in syria in northern syria either north this or north of us has been very complicated since the beginning if for instance like an hour or more ago a turkish president how the phone conversation with russian president putin and according to the turkish presences statement that both leaders stated that this operation can be constructive and it would open the way pave the way for a democracy solution in syria but of course the alignments always change on the ground...
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lead and syria buddy united 150 men and women represented lead and syria buddy united $150.00 men and women representing the syrian government opposition and the civil society aimed at forging a bullet in the syrian government opposition and the civil society aimed at forging a political solution to the syria long lasting and devastating crisis we heard a full solution to the syria long lasting and devastating crisis we heard on wednesday from all 3 russia turkey and iran that they understand how important. on wednesday from all 3 russia turkey and iran but they understand how important they spray susie's they welcome it because it is essential for the syrians they spray susie's they welcome it because it is essential for the syrians to be responsible for the fate of their country not to outsiders and to be responsible for the fate of their country not outsiders and also all 3 russia turkey and iran they read their commitment to risks and also all 3 russia turkey and iran read their commitment to respect serious territorial integrity and political unity surprise in it perfect series t
lead and syria buddy united 150 men and women represented lead and syria buddy united $150.00 men and women representing the syrian government opposition and the civil society aimed at forging a bullet in the syrian government opposition and the civil society aimed at forging a political solution to the syria long lasting and devastating crisis we heard a full solution to the syria long lasting and devastating crisis we heard on wednesday from all 3 russia turkey and iran that they understand...
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in syria, relatively small numbers of u.s. forces on the ground enabled a kurdish and arab ground force of approximately 60,000 personnel with our help, the s.d.f. lynn rated millions of innocent civilians from the violent oppression of isis and defeated the physical caliphate. some have estimate the that the s.d.f., the syrian defense force, made up of kurds and some arab syrians, lost more than 10,000 fighters taking on isis. it's true that many who joined the s.d.f. did so to liberate their home from isis. however, it is also true that even after their homes were liberated, the s.d.f., kurds and arabs alike, continued to pursue isis all the wait through the euphrates river valley where the last remnants of the fiscal fate were defeated earlier inner i do not. they were not only fighting for themselves, they were also fighting for us. they were fighting to help ensure that there were no more isis-directed or inspired attacks like those carried out in paris, brussels, istanbul, orlando and san bernardino. after the s.d.f. suc
in syria, relatively small numbers of u.s. forces on the ground enabled a kurdish and arab ground force of approximately 60,000 personnel with our help, the s.d.f. lynn rated millions of innocent civilians from the violent oppression of isis and defeated the physical caliphate. some have estimate the that the s.d.f., the syrian defense force, made up of kurds and some arab syrians, lost more than 10,000 fighters taking on isis. it's true that many who joined the s.d.f. did so to liberate their...
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so a binge of a joins us live from ray handley on the turkey syria border. the pentagon saying this operation was flawless from your vantage point was it that efficient was it that well put together. but so far what we know about this operation is a 1st hand account from and to go on officials as well as the u.s. president and they seem to think that it was a very successful operation and indeed they have taken out one of their most wanted targets i would like a little bit about the according to the u.s. president is now dead this was the prize target they were going after this was someone who had been on the on the hunt list so to speak off not just united states but all of the country 60 plus countries trying to find the and he's found in not western syria an area which has been regularly bombed by syrian government as well as its russian allies it has it has had close encounters with russia with turkish patrols and turkish backed forces events so again u.s. forces coming in and obviously they see it as a major victory to their advantage. but what comes ne
so a binge of a joins us live from ray handley on the turkey syria border. the pentagon saying this operation was flawless from your vantage point was it that efficient was it that well put together. but so far what we know about this operation is a 1st hand account from and to go on officials as well as the u.s. president and they seem to think that it was a very successful operation and indeed they have taken out one of their most wanted targets i would like a little bit about the according...
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in syria, a new round of warfare. the town of ras al—ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside the border in the kurdish—controlled north—east. it's the start of a turkish offensive that is alarming europe, has been condemned by america and is bringing fresh instability to the middle east. and, once again, syrian civilians forced to flee. a local journalist saw them go. thousands of people migrating to the south side. the turkish army are shelling by mortars everywhere. from across the border in turkey, we could see smoke rising in the town of tal abyad. the bbc understands turkish troops are now on the ground there. well, here at the border, we have been seeing and hearing the opening salvos in turkey's assault on north—eastern syria. in the last half—an—hour or so, we've heard mortar rounds and artillery fire and there has been incoming mortar fire from syria. president erdogan is calling this operation peace spring but, for civilians across the border on the syrian side, this is going to f
in syria, a new round of warfare. the town of ras al—ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside the border in the kurdish—controlled north—east. it's the start of a turkish offensive that is alarming europe, has been condemned by america and is bringing fresh instability to the middle east. and, once again, syrian civilians forced to flee. a local journalist saw them go. thousands of people migrating to the south side. the turkish army are shelling by mortars everywhere. from...
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but right now this part of syria is anything but safe. this is the 6th time we've had an explosion in the city people are afraid of this house you see here they were children playing a mortar fell and killed a boy the girl she lost her leg. in the u.s. pentagon wants turkey to stop to be clear we are not abandoning our current partner forces and u.s. troops remain with them in other parts of syria the impulse of action a president or want to invade northern syria has put the united states in a tough situation given our relationship with our nato ally turkey who has fought alongside the united states in the past and president trump is threatening sanctions. if turkey does something that they shouldn't be doing we will put on sanctions the likes of which very few countries have ever seen before now the u.s. is backpedaling that troops are still on patrol a few kilometers from the conflict zone as and they have vacuity just days ago they've also come under fire from turkish artillery although with no reported injuries. this is c.c.t.v. foota
but right now this part of syria is anything but safe. this is the 6th time we've had an explosion in the city people are afraid of this house you see here they were children playing a mortar fell and killed a boy the girl she lost her leg. in the u.s. pentagon wants turkey to stop to be clear we are not abandoning our current partner forces and u.s. troops remain with them in other parts of syria the impulse of action a president or want to invade northern syria has put the united states in a...