having good relations with turkey they will seek to slow this down and find some solution with turkey i just met reluctant to comment on this idea that russia is targeting civilians and hospitals on purpose. this this would make much sense if this is to a large extent become conflict about the hearts and minds so it's not just cruel it would also be very stupid so i would i would dismiss start us very crude propaganda i don't think definitely russia is not targeting and the civilians and if you look at how careful they have been. compared for example the americans incinerated aka i think. i think what one shouldn't argue that ok russia has gone after the surveillance that would make much sense to me though let's let's not bring back my one cabal in here into the debate let's talk about a such a deal for a 2nd because that was critical wasn't it was a huge win for turkey's president to pave the way for to achieve his big strategic goals of moving kurdish fighters from the border and clearing space perhaps to some of the 3500000 syrian refugees living in turkey to go back home he's a bi

or agrees of turkey on some sort of a an attack on kurdish held positions. you know to the to the east if if turkey expands its protected zone westward towards kurdish position after an agreement with russia and perhaps of the united states this will allow. you know the gun to present as are some some sort of quid pro quo. kind of agreement you know a give and take agreement like like the ones that happened in. us they're always there swap battlefields and you know in return for expanding the turkish zone. and the turkish plans ok you know returning refugees into that zone ok powerful in moscow on that idea of bashar al assad being allowed to run his own affairs seems to me that as far as it is concerned moscow doesn't want to relinquish its undoubtedly big amounts of leverage that it has with damascus but on the other hand it doesn't want to use that leverage with damascus why not. well. first of all. the acid regime has a degree of autonomy. it's not just russian backed it's also very much uring in backed and iran is providing actually more support most li

after turkey already has a plan for a future turkey laid out. ataturk had been sent to some soon with orders to supervise the demobilization of troops instead he refuses to follow the orders of the government in istanbul and calls on the muslim population to resist the greeks this provocation leads to his dismissal from the army. in absentia he and his comrades is my passion later is met in new are sentenced to death by istanbul's military court. ataturk refuses to give in he calls on his supporters to attend congress isn't as a room and save us in order to establish an alternative government. after our victory the country will be governed as a republic. and the dynasty will be dealt with as necessary when the time comes. the veil will be abolished as world affairs people will wear hats as they do in civilized nations. there were a lot of men like after turk military leaders who became politicians between world war one and world war 2. in hungary there was admiral hawtrey. and inspiring you had general franco. but ataturk was the only head of st

turkey is a valued nato ally and turkey is the nato ally most affected by the terrible conflict in syria which has suffered the most terrorist attacks and we chose the millions of refugees and that point that un stoltenberg makes about refugees could be crucial because while turkey deals with syria to the south it also appears to be putting pressure on europe to the north remember there are millions of syrian refugees in turkey many of whom have always wanted to travel on into europe and ankara is now saying it won't necessarily stop them if that happens on a full scale it would go against the deal that turkey signed with the e.u. back in 2016 syrians in turkey are in fact already making their way to the greek order and greece is reportedly tightening its sea and land crossings in response. so let's talk all about this and introduce you to today's panel starting on skype from a stone but we've got meth addict who is the managing editor of the daily sabah english language newspaper in amman wilf dinnick spokesman on syria for the humanitarian aid organization mercy call and in london fadi

turkey stand within the alliance. well i think part of the problem is that president assad who on those very hot and very cold so he was if we think back 5 years very hostile to russia and russia's role in syria then he became a partner in trying to find ways of alleviating fighting and bringing at least some cease fires to syria i mean the last few months he's full amount with russia but only back in october he fell out with the west big time when he attacked the kurds in northern syria so i think part of the problem for turkey is that the president's policies seem are predictable not only to the syria and russia but also to his allies and this means for people in brussels i think are reluctant to nail that colors to the turkish martin case president cranks them into something for the want to get into. it's been reported to the earlier today a turkish official said the country was no longer got going to stop refugees from entering the the european union it sounds like a weaponized thing of. refugees could that ever h

to this day turkey celebrates ataturk as the great hero. there are many monuments to his bravery across the country. intellectually the ottoman empire achieves one final victory but at great cost almost half its soldiers foreign battle. their sacrifice cannot stop the inexorable downfall of the empire. the ottomans rule southeast europe and large parts of the arab world for centuries in the 1900 centuries the empire becomes known as the sick man of europe in $1008.00 the ottoman empire loses bosnia and herzegovina to the hapsburgs that same year declares its independence. 3 years later in 1000 the latin trickily is lost to the italians and in 1914 egypt officially becomes a british protectorate. to usis the disintegration of the empire was not in doubt with the question for the government in istanbul in the autumn and people laws could this process be stopped or prevented. puts us on the hook for him that. the future most of kemal ataturk is born into the crumbling multicultural empire in $881.00 in a house infested on a king at the time th

with turkey. condemn the continued indiscriminate airstrikes by the syrian regime and russia in italy province by call on them to stop their offensive to respect international law and to back to you and i ferd's for a peaceful solution. this dangerous situation must be deescalated i would urge an immediate return to the 2018 cease fire toward the further worsening of their industry military and situation in the region and to allow urgent humanitarian access for those trapped in italy. today's meeting is a clear sign also the dotted with turkey turkey is a valued nato ally and turkey is the nato ally most affected by the terrible conflict in syria which has suffered the most terrorist attacks and which hosts millions of refugees. nato continues to support turkey with a range of measures including by augmenting and its air defenses this helps turkey against the threat of missile attacks from syria. are trying to gain for briefing our large circular it all the situation 0 allies will continue to foll

is turkey's looking for support from its allies turkey is looking for support from the from nato they're saying that on friday they will be engaging in consultations with the bloc but now it has to be said that turkey has established somewhat of a presence in ne ne in syria and especially in it live they have been supporting various groups which are largely seen as terrorists now for instance russia has been accusing turkey of supporting terrorist groups and terrorist groups in their advance the syrian army positions in libya so this is what turkey has been doing so far and they have been giving deadlines to the syrian army as well saying that they should leave the province that they essentially should get out of syria that the syrians should get out of syria or at least out of that particular province so it really shows how comfortable the they feel in that particular part of that country you know so really but turkey has been engaged in dialogue and in and in talks with russia a big round of talks it should yield for the 5th of march and so we really have to look forward to that date a

across the turkish border in syria is not going to be seen exclusively at turkey as turkey's problem because it could very well be in coming dates new wave off refugees triggered by the ongoing crisis in need that. where turkey will be forced on humanitarian grounds to open its borders and when that day comes turkey wants europe to demonstrate solidarity and it's not just about money right now turkey's will still box $3600000.00 syrian refugees and generally you know what spread be eve that the country has reached its level of ups ocean and the refugees so there is clear expectation from the e.u. to do more in terms of the resettlement of these refugees in european countries turkey does not want to shoulder disciplined as. long so that's the reason why there has been december awful to see change sensually to compel european pulls makers to to focus on his ongoing humanitarian crisis that is very clear we thank you for joining us from the county international base. nigeria has confirmed its 1st case of corona virus the 1st in sub-saharan africa effected man's an italian working in nig

a sudden flare up in the syrian conflict turkey reportedly carries out attacks against government targets in libya province after ankara claims $33.00 turkish troops were killed in northwest syria. plus one of the u.s. democrats biggest donors demands that senior figures coalesce around a single candidate to stop front runner bernie sanders from getting the nomination and running for the white house on a socialist take it. and a court in the german state of past has upheld a ban on a headscarf being worn by judges and trainee lawyers and courtrooms. you're watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the russian ministry of defense has confirmed that turkish troops were among the militants fired on by syrian government troops and it looked province on thursday adding though that there were no airstrikes from the russian side 33 turkish soldiers were reportedly killed live with ankara saying it will go to nato to consult on the situation as also about more attacks on government forces in northwest syria don of looks at

while turkey is very clear turkey is accusing most damascus of escalating the situation of. agreements and this is turkish president just recently due to. the syrian regime as well as the russian forces and iran backed militants and continuously attacking civilians committed massacres. and we hear that despite numerous talks that turkish and russian sides have been having in the last days including between foreign and defense minutes. so it's really interesting why the ground changed so dramatically he's raster a good we can remember that somehow ironically klein sided with a dramatic shift in ankara washington relations with sanctions lifted with mr point police say that america is ready to stand by its nato ally and mr trump openly and directly backing of the guns actions in syria. had a very good job or say shit was president her was i respect him we have a very good relationship yes i agree with that but we have a very good relationship i see the do better with the people but the fact is that he's fighting audit he doesn't want people to be killed by the thousands and hu

sudden flare up in the syrian conflict turkey reportedly carries out attacks against government targets in the province that's after angra says $33.00 turkish troops are killed in northwestern syria. also this hour one of the u.s. democrats biggest donors demands its senior figures coalesce around a single candidate to stop front runner bernie sanders from getting the nomination and running for the white house on the socialist take it. and a court in the german state of past has upheld a ban on headscarves being worn by judges and trainee lawyers in puerto ricans. a very warm welcome to the program on this friday morning 8 am here in the russian capital let's get started with your live news update. turkey says it will begin consultations with nato on the situation in syria on friday earlier the country's officials said turkey would conduct attacks on the syrian army in northwest syria it follows the reported deaths of $33.00 turkish soldiers in the province. of looks at the sudden escalation. situation in the northeastern syrian province of idlib has been hated so far and lately turkey

turkey responded to the attack by carrying out an airstrike on the syrian army in the same region it's claimed $33.00 turkish soldiers were killed in the province the russian military also says it told the syrian military to halt its strikes and organize the safe evacuation of dead and wounded turkish troops are on the looks at the sudden escalation. situation in the northeastern syrian province of idlib has been hated so far and lately turkey has been saying that more than 30 of its troops have been killed they say that the fire has originated from the syrian army and turkey is adamant i mean they hold no punches they are saying is that it's the syrians who have killed the troops and they're saying that essentially now they are designating all syrian soldiers as enemies turkey is determined to continue to it for phil's its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way turkey is looking for support from its allies turkey is looking for support from the from nato they're saying that

to turkey in his revolution are currently of great significance because turkey is moving away from the ataturk's vision of a republic and towards a more presidential system. washed on that it is therefore particularly important to remember ataturk's achievements and the effort that went into making a reality. don't necessarily have to love the father but you can't deny that he stands at the beginning of this modern nation state. but the longer it can last one of his greater. the chief ment's was making women visible let's not joke that it needed. moving did your kid a good to try and remember the number you need just. in modern day terje after talk has become a symbol he represents the hopes of the people who are dissatisfied with the country's current leadership and government and i see many more answer to. the years to troopers to. attack visionary revolutionary reformer he made turkey the country it is today a modern vibrant yet divided nation state on the border between east and west. eco india. how can a country's economy grow in harmony with its people and the environment when th

turkey hits back after dozens of its soldiers were killed in aired live nato calls on syria and russia to halt their offensive. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. this is a reality check for every government on the planet. get ready. the world health organization wants the global risk of coronavirus is very high with around 50 countries now affected. the worst shelling in weeks threatens to derail a libya peace talks taking place in geneva. and a major railway station is evacuated in paris after protesters begin lighting fires . are come to the program our top story nato has called on russia and syria to halt the offensive in as violence continues to escalate in the region the military alliance held an emergency meeting and has condemned the continued indiscriminate as strikes as follows the death of $33.00 turkish soldiers on thursday member states express solidarity with ally turkey but offered no additional nato support meanwhile on the ground turkey has started retaliatory strikes saying it has hit more than $200.00 syrian government posi

turkey has been calling on the e.u. to share the burden of the refugee crisis and on nato to deploy pair to it besides on the border with syria but nato doesn't seem to be willing to provide military support offering for the time being the sympathy by call on them to stop their offensive to respect international law and to back you in efforts for a peaceful solution to this dangerous situation must be deescalated urge an immediate return to the 2018 cease fire. then simone's turkish and russian officials held talks in unkind to defuse tension turkey wants the syrian army to pull out behind the demilitarized zone stop its offensive and allow civilians to return home russia is a key ally of president bashar assad who rejects turkey's expanded presence in syria and insists they will fund civs by his troops is legitimate there will continue and if russia and turkey fail to overcome their differences they might and . you know wide and prolonged regional confrontation in syria possible but al jazeera jill very well turkish bo

news live from the land migrants in turkey began moving toward europe after turkey opens its borders in a reversal ankara says it will no longer block migrants from entering the news of the exodus is being fueled by soaring tensions in the region after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike also coming up the coronavirus is crossing borders and creating chaos as global cases of the infection sold markets around the world are plummeting we'll find out just how much damage could be in store for the global economy. and today is the final day of screenings at the 70th birthday and film festival data and as if and sculpt roxboro down on the red carpet. bill and i will close associates 2020 competition with a pair of powerful political movie sparkle in documentary the radiated the rain in film there is no you that's coming up later in the show. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program hundreds of refugees in turkey have begun moving to the country's borders with the a year after turkish officials declared they will not be prevented from crossing into europ

led efforts to find a peaceful solution and we call on turkey we call on. russia to fully engage in such a un led efforts to find a peaceful solution we spoke about this with mark almost he's the political analyst and director of the crisis research institute and believes nato support will remain vocal. i don't think nato forces will enter syria in support of those turks who gone are the problem for turkey it's the nato alliance principle is an attack on one is an attack on all but the turks might be risking trying to say that an attack by one nato states brings in all the others to support it and i think is also reluctant to see new to come into a confrontation with russia so there's quite a lot of powerful voices in nato who support the turks desire to see the syrian army's offensive stopped but i'm not sure they want to go beyond words and perhaps symbolic gestures as military conflicts continues in the region large groups of refugees continue to head for europe early on friday there were reports of a turkish official saying the country would no longer s

stands as an enemy as a forward against turkey is a risk for turkey and there are terrorists he says he means the output he means the y.p. too which is linked to the output kurdistan workers party which is a threat for turkey at best why he says he will continue to fight there he has been of course complaining about the lack of western support but it seems a pull it on the political level turkey is much more aligned with the west mainly the united states but on the ground the the field dictates a corporation with the russians and we just heard from the russian defense ministry that they are turkish turks and the russians have agreed to continue on the us on a process this than the sobriety is not that but the most important thing about his life he has lines today is that he says turkey wants a safe zone to establish in 30 kilometers there that is going to work as a barrier between the syrian government and turkey he says this is something turkey's aim is not a territorial gain but just to confirm the security of borders he says these are the main main lines from from his speech a spe

well turkey will. get some money from the un that's for sure if they prolonging the 4 year old refugee deal but with nato are not so sure nato is split down in the middle you have to know when it comes to turkey because turkey's operating on the syrian soil and nato is saying this is illegal on the other hand the nato ambassadors also already declared today that this attack by the syrian army of cause is not ok and they call on syria and russia to hold the aggression and nato secretary general. back did not offer any concrete and you have for turkey so far let's have a listen to a bit more of what you and stoltenberg said today in brussels. nato allies provide support for turkey today we all dement their air defenses we have a works plane helping to patrol the skies and we also have port to be sits on the support in all the ways but allies are constantly looking into what more they can do to provide further support for turkey and just a meeting we had today a sick clear demonstration of nato saluted to

turkey has been calling on the e.u. to share the burden of the refugee crisis and on nato to deploy pair to it besides on the border with syria but nato doesn't seem to be willing to provide military support offering for the time being the sympathy by call on them to stop their offensive to respect international law and to back to the un efforts for a peaceful solution to this dangerous situation must be deescalated urge an immediate return to the 2018 cease fire. as tension mounts turkish and russian officials held talks in unkind to defuse tension turkey wants the syrian army to pull out behind the demilitarized zone stop its offensive and allow civilians to return home. russia is a key ally of president bashar assad who rejects turkey's expanded presence in syria and insists they often sit by his troops. as legitimate and they will continue and if russia and turkey fail to overcome their differences they might and . in a wide and prolonged the original confrontation in syria possible but i'll just see about jill vega

has made very clear that they are they support turkey in this matter but they can also support turkey in this matter without going against russia and any way by say we're going to stay out of this which actually deescalate the situation by these 2 major superpowers the u.s. and russia not being involved in gauge the same complex on different sides but the u.s. is has been an ally of turkey and they want to try to show that almost like they're giving turkey an opportunity or a chance to really take control of their region their borders their to. tory's and make good on efforts to continue negotiating with russia russia has shown a desire to come to the table with turkey and to talk but the us is not going to escalate decision situation any further they are just we're keeping to our grounds we're keep to our status that turkey is our ally in the region we support their statements and what they say and until there is evidence that comes out that prove otherwise the u.s. is going to do that but again even if supporting turkey the u.s. has made those statements and reiterated those stateme

here is president erdogan of turkey warning president putin not to get involved while turkey retaliates. >> we determined to continue our operations for the security of our country, our people, and our brothers. onthose who quesur determination will soon understand they have made a mistake. >> it i the last opposition stronghold in syria, home to 3 million people. it has long been feared it could host a final showdown between the government and rebel groups. turkey's concern is that this could create a new refugee crisis. turkey has taken 4 million syrian refugees. if the situation deterioraees, that couldany thousands more seeking refuge. graphic.ok at a more detailed that will come back. i want to show you a more detailed traffic highlighting the ft that turkish troops have been killed. were involved in policing a demilitarized buffer zone. arthespictures of syrian government forces backed by russia, poundg towns with airstrikes and artillery. president assad argues this -- syria says turkey strips have been caught- turkey's troops have been caught in the crossfire of that operation.

a major escalation in the conflict in syria turkey hits back after it says 33 of its soldiers were killed in rebel held. parts of rahman your geologist their lives my headquarters here in doha are also coming up turkey steps up the pressure saying it will allow refugees fleeing in the fighting in syria seek shelter in europe. also the coronavirus takes its economic toll on the world as the normally bustling milan center of tally and fashion comes to a standstill. and you can continually. play the. migrant stories of survival job to the big screen at this year's berlin film festival. welcome to the program turkey says it's attacking all those syrian government targets after it reported 33 of its soldiers have been killed in fighting in the province syrian forces trying to take control of the last rebel held territory nato has called an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis after its chief condemned what he calls indiscriminate asterix by syria and russia and the u.n. secretary general is urging an immediate cease fire. condemn the continued indiscriminate airstrikes by the syrian regime

that would leave the with only one option which is to cross into turkey turkey has now about $4000000.00 syrian refugees inside turkey and if they fear if the fighting continues an extra $4000000.00 syrians will cross into turkey and this explains the frustration of the turkish government think that we've been we've been taking care of the refugees the international community the e.u. has been giving us promises after promises of those promises turned into empty words what is definitely going to happen in the coming days i think will we see turkey take in an aggressive road and asking the e.u. and nato in particular to take a very strong stance when it comes to what is happening in particular now in lives because turkey feels like it's fighting this light on its own. when he considers what he's doing a lot to try to put an end to the humanitarian situation described by the u.n. as the worst since the start of the conflict in syria in 2011. thank you very much indeed for that live update there well as we mentioned this air strike has come against the backdrop of the battle for the town of

ok so turkey is now an open military confrontation with russian but syrian forces turkey of course is a member of the nato defense alliance could that become an issue here. well turkey of the turkish government so far a voice openly blaming russia blames this airstrike on the syrian regime but it is widely known that the syrian regime is carrying out these attacks with crucial support from russia russia controls the airspace over syria over now as you mentioned turkey is a nato country this of course makes the whole situation even more complicated nato has condemned the attack and has said that it will hold an emergency meeting today at turkey's request to discuss the situation in syria where ankara will probably bring up its demand for a no fly zone over syria to protect hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced by the clashes so it's going to be interesting what will come out of this meeting but what we're seeing now my texturally be a turning point it might actually force a western powers who have been accused of being too silent on this whole syria issue to do someth

from to turkey or to the european countries basically turkey and the e.u. has a migration deal that was signed a couple of years ago in turkey and turkey promised to stop all those irregular migration from its territories to the european countries basically from the aging coast. illegally crossing by boats to the greek islands or egg. an illegally crossing turkey is more do with bulgaria or greece on the west according to that deal turkish corso guards have worked very hard and that irregular migration was no minimized but it's insists a day we have been seeing pictures on the state news agency that those refugees most the syrian also afghan and pakistani and some african refugees trying to illegally cross the turkish border is via ethie or de land to seek refuge in asylum in the european countries and this is very huge pressure over the e.u. by this means turkey is trying to pressure to ear to take a step intervene in this conflict where a nato member is being hit by the syrian government let's get more on the facts very much cinema concealer there bring u

turkey vols to retaliate off to 4 soldiers were killed in shelling by syrian government forces in. a low from doha everyone i'm kemal santamaria this is the world news from al-jazeera coronavirus alarms investors chinese stocks of fallen 9 percent as the epidemic spreads further 'd killing more than $360.00 people now also fears of an escalation in violence in libya as reports suggest an arms build up by forces loyal to war belief huffed. and jubilation is the can city chiefs pull off a sensational win to lift the superbowl for the 1st time in its. developments in syria 1st of all where government shelling has killed 4 turkish soldiers in the northern province of idlib so his defense ministry says 9 were also injured remember has been sending its reinforcements into the area trying to counter a syrian government offensive in and aleppo it labe is syria's last rebel held stronghold speaking just moments ago turkey's president a jet type or one said his forces have responded to that attack by the syrians and the turkey will retaliate against attacks in northeast syria. he has carried

has more now from hunting in turkey near the border with syria. the death toll among the turkish soldiers in the province of the lip explains the level of anger among the senior members of the turkish government there's been a national security meeting presided by president. for how to deal to who's the communications director said that the turkish military has started an operation targeting syrian government positions in northwestern. those operations will continue talking now about a revenge the spokesperson of the ruling party said that from now onwards syrian government should it will be considered the enemy of the state of turkey now while you have this escalation this looks like a decides if moment a pivotal moment because the the the large number of turkish soldiers killed in a single day is definitely going to shape the future relation between turkey and russia other turkish government has been blaming russia for providing military assistance to syrian government and for undermining the chances to defuse tension to implement a cease fire a

stands firmly behind turkey and turkey is right to respond as it deems necessary and just a couple minutes ago heard from the russian ambassador who shot back and basically said that they that the russia and syria are only going after what they say are terrorists in syria and nothing else and blaming the west for for bringing all of this up and sort of in their words join the other side of the coin so to speak we did also hear from rosemary de carlo the top u.n. political affairs representative she addressed the security council giving them an overview of the current situation on the ground right now in northwest syria this is what she had to say. for months now bombing and shelling by the government of syria supported by its allies has continued in the so-called deescalation zone of it lip strikes have been launched on populated areas from both air and ground seemingly without regard for civilians nearly a 1000000 people have been displaced and surly december many multiple times including more than 560000 children they are fleeing north away from the intensifying aerial and ground bombard

turkey blames the syrian government for the airstrike that targeted a military outpost officials here also accuse rochelle failing to deter syrian government forces who have recently stepped up their attacks against the soldiers. these are tech happened despite the location of troops being coordinated you know at once with russian officials on the ground unfortunately the attack continued after we want following the 1st strike. feeling abandoned by its e.u. our allies turkey warned it won't prevent refugees from crossing into europe european countries are alarmed this might turn into a mass exodus of refugees fleeing the conflict in syria turkey has been calling on the e.u. to share the burden of the refugee crisis and or nato to deploy pair to it besides on the border with syria but nato doesn't seem to be willing to provide military support offering for the time being the sympathy by call on them to stop their offensive to respect international law and to back you in efforts for a peaceful solution. this dangerous situation must be deescalated urge an immediate return to the 28 ceas

most of turkey . in july 121 ataturk assumes command of the war against the occupying forces once again he proves himself a master strategist he declares general mobilization demanding that every turkish citizen contribute to the production of arms and ammunition. even women transport shells to the frontline. this highly motivated army under most of our canals command eventually defeats the greeks resoundingly at the battle of sakaria. ataturk is given the honorary title ghazi the conqueror. in 1922 ataturk and his war against the greek occupiers in is now on the edge in khost this also marks a significant turning point in his personal life. the city falls to the turkish army without resistance. breaks out in christian areas of the city. a fire begins in the armenian quarter and becomes a conflagration forcing local inhabitants to flee. 10 days later the christian areas have burned to the ground could ataturk have prevented this. these are when ataturk arrived in israel he had defeated the greeks my o

the tensions have grown between russia and turkey after turkey's president threatened to launch attacks against syrian government forces in war stricken province. and also accused of targeting civilians in the rebel held region which provoked a furious that from moscow. correspondent has more. rebels and the islamists are facing catastrophe in the span of a little over a month they've lost a 3rd of their territory so you're going to stand why turkey which said which paid armed and trained those rebels as outraged at the gun is beside himself he needs to vent the shrike out. the syrian regime as well as russian forces and iran by militants icing with it and lifting it continuously attacking civilians committing massacres a kurd in syria might find strange of the guns concern for civilian casualties but russia took those accusations seriously pointing out rebels had launched ceaseless drone attacks on the russian base violated the cease fire again and again and again al-qaeda linked jihad it's control 90 percent of and who turkey despite promising to do so hadn't been able to separate fro

let me set the scene by say that turkey and russia are traditional foes and if anyone is in doubt of this i would refer them to how turkey aided easily missed separatist militants not just in chechnya but also in pakistan and in the shanty earth during the $99.00 seas or so despite the handshakes and smiles between earth again and fluids in turkey and russia are involved in a proxy war with each other today in syria similar to how soviet and american leaders would meet each other when their countries were involved in crosseyed wars with each other in vietnam and afghanistan now turning to elites turkey overstretched itself when it is both itself illegally in syria and it turning points in turkey in syria was when this hurt shot down a russian fighter aircraft at the end of 2015 because ever since then the russia has significant leverage over turkey when it comes to syria let's not forget that it was earth again who flew to set pieces but at the beginning of 2016 so made sweet crude. and sucrose fusillade apologized to putin for the shooting down of that russian aircraft why kate did

in recent months turkey's president right has repeatedly warned. his country's western border to refugees if brussels didn't help ankara in its fight. now anchor has made good on its threats flouting a 2016 margaret pact with the e.u. that dramatically slowed migration via the e.u.'s eastern border but brussels still says the deal is in place we have to be notified by our turkish partners that they are changing their holy see so far when it comes to. migrant issues this the latest escalation has again showing how quickly the war in syria spills across borders and how easily ordinary people can become caught up in geopolitical conflicts. correspondent durian jones is standing by in more dorian what more can you tell us about the situation on the turkish border with europe. but we understand there's probably a few 1000 people on the turkish border with. greece there's been this stream of people ever since the new. opening its borders if not the levels of the 2015 migrant crisis where up to a 1000000 people left turkey to prove greece area the numbers

turkey hit backk after 36 soldiers are killed. this is a reality check for every government on the planet. coronavirus isof very high, already 50 countries affected. continue to slide as the coronavirus takes its toll on the global market. ♪ after a week of what was labeled a reduction of violence , afghannistan, the u.s. and taliban are expected to sign a peace deal that could put an end to america's longest-running war. president donald trump sending his top diplomat for the signing and said the afghan people should embrace the chance for new future, but there's a long way to go. the deal is seen as a possible for space to hold talks with the government in couple to decide kabul tore -- couple -- decide the future of the country. [no audio] >> himself an immigrant from afghanistan, so american diplomats, luke perry representatives held more than a dozen negotiations with talks briefly called off by president trump in september. the u.s. team wanted the taliban support in its counterterrorism efforts while the taliban demanded

northern syria so right now it is also seen as a turkey it is actually a question mark whether turkey is going to break down its. alliance with syria so far but only given the situation on the ground especially into their school ations on. a corporation with russia seems to be necessary for turkey and turkey is trying to balance this relation between moscow and washington so far. until yesterday there was no statement from russia that could smooth in the tension on the ground yesterday they said that all parties must stop fighting each other and our star spirits astana should be should be revived but when you look at the situation on the ground those best wishes and good will still not work because the syrian government has managed to advance almost 20 kilometers to the to where we are and yesterday for the 1st time they direct the targeted city center and there are fierce clashes between the syrian opposition rebels and the syrian government forces a bow and 5 favorite nearby so rock up the rebels are trying to gain back because of its. vital importance for them and also we are witne

turkey is president threatens to push syrian government troops back away from turkish positions in northern syria. hello welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i'm martin there is also coming up. victory. is the beginning of the year for donald trump. u.s. senator bernie sanders now really wins the 1st democratic presidential primary vote in new hampshire. a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of japan reports the largest cluster of coronavirus cases outside china. and reports in the cia secretly own just swiss company the produce software used to spy on diplomats and governments. but 1st tried his president has threatened to strike syrian government forces anywhere if another turkish soldier is hurt in italy a province rather tired made the declaration in a speech to his governing at a party in ankara 15 turkish soldiers have been killed by syrian government forces in recent fighting president at a one says syrian forces must be pushed back beyond turkish observation post by the end of february and turkey will not hesitate to strike back if there are any further provocations. only civvies