Thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Turkey is always the military offensive in syria against kurdish groups and Islamic State terrorists strikes were launched on 2 towns in Northern Syria that her son witnessed the assault. How do you know that with our nearest ally in the out from here i can hear turkish fighter jets flying behind my back i just got an urgent message that the eastern part of the town of commish lee was attacked 3 mortar shells no but. Full here near. Locals or very concerned about whats happening its quite possible that civilians will start leaving this area its expected that thousands maybe even hundreds of thousands of civilians may flee so the operation by turkey has indeed begun but no concrete action is being taken by the International Coalition or Syrian Democratic. Video shows thousands of locals fleeing the area following the long shot but Turkish Operation the Syrian Democratic forces claim 5 civilians have been killed in the offensive earlier it also accused anchor of deliberately targeting civilian areas operation pace spring was announced earlier in the week following the u. S. Pulling out of syria. Discussed implications but our teams biggest. Turkey has been portraying this as Something Like an Anti Terrorist operation they have been threatening with it constantly repeatedly over and over again now this is has finally happened and heres how president talked about it the Turkish Armed forces together with the Syrian National army Just Launched operation peace spring again speaking in y p g dish terrorists in Northern Syria our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across our southern border and to bring peace to the area well so far we know about 2 towns that the airstrikes have been launched against this is the russell and teller towns and again it is not a coincidence that as peaky came the y. P. G Kurdish Military groups in the same sentence in the same context. Sure Islamic State these groups are designated terrorists so thats why it portrays the operation the way does now what kind of reaction have we seen from the kurds about that well obviously theyre not happy about being branded as terrorists and theyre saying the whole operation is a disaster there is saying that civilians are being targeted and found that people in panic that people in those cities are in panic here is the official statement by the as d f lets get. Ready to confront and respond to all kinds of attacks that could be launched against us because all minorities ethnic and religious groups to come together as one so and raise our voices against turkish attacks the young people have a great responsibility and role in confronting attacks by the turkish state. Basically wants to do there it doesnt want any connections between the kurds in turkey and the kurds in syria so it aims at establishing and about 30 kilometer wide buffer zone just to prevent the kurds in syria from you know talking so to speak to the kurds in turkey and also theyre aiming at evicting those people who are the residents of those towns red residents in that buffer zone lets take a few steps back what has led up to the launch of this operation well apart from the general you know hatred from turkey towards the kurds and the kurdish rissa prosody towards ankara i should say the actions of the United States because the United States throughout the syrian war they have been saying theyve been telling the kurds that they are their biggest allies that they are their force on the ground they have been relying on the kurds heavily and the kurds have been counting that the United States wont let anything happen to them and very often United States troops the literally put their bodies between the Turkish Military and the Kurdish Military to prevent any bloodshed essentially whats happened now with the. Sure of those 2 towns of russell iron and teller beyond it is no coincidence these are the exact 2 towns the United States with drew its troops from the kurds they even for instance trying to prevent the attack from happening the United States advised them advise them they put down dismantle all their fortifications in the region so they did still there didnt help still the United States decided to withdraw its troops to allow turkey to move in the Russian Foreign minister for instance or. Picked up on such behavior. Its hard to say whats wrong with americas actions in syria but they are riddled with contradictions and exhibits the impossibility of negotiating with washington donald trump claimed he would withdraw u. S. Troops from syria and other countries but after taking office hes gone back on those promises and my guess is it will be the same this time around such a frivolous approach can aggravate tensions in the entire region and so must be avoided weve repeatedly told the us this thought it understood that nothings changed it is a complex situation and there even inside the United States there has been very loud outcry against the decision to abandon the kurds yet again. Until a spring in International Relations expert same bag she joins me now on a good evening to say subtly although perhaps inevitably weve heard about reports claims of civilian deaths do you believe those reports and could have been avoided. I dont know whether there are that causal to this but the fact is that the Turkish Operation started and it will continue or. It looks like because the turkish main point is. That turkey has moral and political and military are all. League asian to bring these Syrian Refugees here in turkey since many years back to their country so this is the priority of Turkish Foreign policy at the moment what happened that the americans the turkish government has agreed that the americans are in the final and hundreds has left the area and opened the way for turkey to undertake this operation peace spreading that turkey is trying to control the area so that y. P. Forces could not fill this area and prevent that these Syrian Refugees cannot come back so this areas are not could dish territory as the territories belong to. Regime syrian state and turkey together with iran and russia are obliged to protect the territorial integrity of. State from this perspective that turkey is now undertaking this operation i think there are 2 fault reasons one turkey wants to send back as much as possible refuge use from turkey and provide these safe areas providing them also the threat to prevent the threat coming from the kurds not to repeat the same mistake as if it was the case in 2003 in iraq that the kurds are rare kicking out the took a month and got all this land from them and to commence last this time i would say that the Turkish Operation militarily speaking will be successful because if the kurds indeed riyadh. Confront the turkish army then it will be 1st time in the last 45 years that turkish army it is me think if group of. People military forces mainly supported by. P k k because p. K. K. And wife he g r v save they have they have 2 sides of the same coin the turkish threat perception that there could be a kurdish insurgency and the Turkish National security could be and then sure it is one but the most important point is of course that turkey tries to get the Syrian Refugees as soon as possible back to syrian territory because the syrians in turkey are already one economy factor and the 2nd thing is social factor but what is more important moral obligation of turkey to provide the Syrian Refugees the 3 way to go to their homeland is also. Respected by all the institutions the United Nations for example they. Could not say anything americans understood this that some European Countries criticize the turkish literal operation they can criticize but they are not indeed position of turkey you turkish government has one option either turkey will stand millions of people to europe or back to syria so turkey cannot and will not i think at least this is the general view here in turkey to contain 3700000 syrians forever those people are turkey on their program probationary protection they are not to teach citizens they are citizens of syrian state and they want to go back and turkey has done so it is a political obligation moral obligation and a military obligation as far as i can see from the turkish policy statements. It seems to have unsettled a lot of nations the u. K. France among them requesting an emergency meeting of the Un Security Council the politicians are unsettled what about the people on the ground is this is going to create a more unstable situation. It depends how you perceive if you consider this as a kurdish area kurdish lansdowne you have another interpretation as you consider this that this land belongs to all syrian citizens turkomans are ops kurds assyrians whatever whatever you call it is territorial integrity question of turkish i would say here the turkish should insist waltz to russia to iran to not nations and to america is not to arm the civilians and create a safe storm there and try to bring the refugees in turkey once again at least more than 1000000. 00 people expected to go back and of course turkey will create down another show balance of power in the region one to curts claim there they claim as if those parts of north korea is only prudish territory which is not true i mean that the kurds do live there does not mean that this is a goodish land it is a syrian state and the problem is once again including pressure is obliged turkey iran and russia to keep the territorial integrity of syria according to our star not a court record so in this case i do not think that from International Law point of view that turkey is criticised. To realize this operation the critic comes whether this operation would harm civilians and there will be that you know unexpected because of this operation but my expectation is if the kurds what conference the turkish. Army then it will the 1st time in the history once again that the kurds and the turks clash on a territory which is not of course turkish territory but the territory of a neighboring country. We will see where there might be g. Forces there to come from the turkish army which i wouldnt suggest theres an alignment. Fighting is very high and turkey is not there is fairness i can see to invade the kountry this is not the turkish policy according to official state announcement rather to clean up the area and pro wide a safe haven for the refugees in turkey. Im afraid we have runs out on this one appreciate your time and same by cheney International Relations expert my guest. German interior minister has described the shootings around the city of hama as an anti semitic attack 2 people have been confirmed killed 27 year old shooter allegedly showed in this video at the moment of one attack has been arrested while shooting outside a synagogue another the shop there are also reports of a grenade being thrown at the Jewish Cemetery at least reduce the threat level but still a warning to be careful details his evangelise its us. As mentioned earlier 3 shootings have been reported by the police on wednesday afternoon and highly germany one took out of a synagogue the other at a local coop shop and the other one about 15 kilometers away on a nearby town called landsberg it all happened at 1 pm local time around 1 pm local time when a man was said that he opened fire with a submachine gun to a crowd killing 2 and injuring many many others it is also believed. The threw a grenade at each Jewish Cemetery now according to eyewitnesses that were there they said that these men were wearing combat gear pretty much helmets bulletproof vests and they were carrying multiples weapons the train station in the main train station in the city of a holiday is on lockdown at the Moment Police seeing if that possible more than one suspects they have detained one but the believe that there are more and they are large and believe that they are heavily armed and their courage in everybody in the area and the nearby towns this they endorse since the the area is still on high alert and just the point out here today marks the holiest day in the jewish calendar your kit pour which pretty much means that all the people are gathered in spending more most of their times in the this synagogues. And this is actually comes after a nother incident that took place in berlin earlier this month on october 4th there has been no casualties and no people injured but the joy which communities have raised their concerned to local authorities are both today this upcoming holiday chancellor Angela Merkel attended a vigil at the berlin synagogue honoring the victims of the shooting she joined national will politicians in expressing their condolences a minute of silence has been hurled at the European Parliament israeli Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu condemned the attack will get a sign of growing and the semitism in europe. The shooter streamed his attack on the twitch platform also used an antisemitic slur in a video that was posted prior to the incident Chris Phillips former head of the u. K. s National CounterterrorismSecurity Office says the fact the attacks took place on the jewish kapoor holiday could be significant. Just one day a year that could have been chosen but of course it is a significant day we often see terrorist attacks take place on significant occasions religious occasions and i suppose well soon find out who the suspect the people or the did this but it might not or turkish bad job has been attacked as well tends to lend to this is probably some something of the right wing extremism that its on this well theres always the possibility of prevention but that comes from good intelligence work and clearly thats not always going to be successful the interesting point here is that synagogues do take security seriously and and i think the fact that they are unknown and aware of the dangers that they face when theyre a prayer except are probably prevented lots of deaths of. Russias Justice Ministry has classified a prominent anticorruption Nongovernmental Organization as a Foreign Agent the group was founded by opposition figurehead alexei navalny. During the chink of the foundations and to fiftys the Russian Ministry of justice established that it performs the functions of a Foreign Agent a Foreign Agent is basically any organization that receives money from a private citizen or an organization located abroad and acts within the political interests of its benefactor within the Russian Federation now Foreign Agents face more audits than regular n. G. O. S and theyre supposed to declare on all official statements their status as a Foreign Agent now the Anti Corruption foundation itself is a nonprofit based in moscow and it was founded by opposition figure like say novell me one of their investigations involved a yacht party with a russian all of dark politician and some ass court ladies another looked into corruption charges corruption allegations involving Prime MinisterDmitri Medvedev but where do they get all the money from this website it says that they get it from individual donations but back in august they were actually suspected of Money Laundering 1000000000 rubles and investigators say that the organization received the sum in foreign currencies between 20162018 transfer that money from a. T. M. s into the russian Bank Accounts you know why was it illegal because they didnt declare their status as a Foreign Agency which is what has been the law in russia since july 2012 now the investigation is still going on but we dont have confirmation that its necessarily connected to the Justice Ministry statement and the ministry also has not actually specified why they put in of all these organization on the list of Foreign Agents now we do have reactions from the foundations director as well as from the vali himself on social media they both claim that their organizations do not receive any foreign money and that theyre entirely funded by donations from russian citizens even said that it was Volodymyr Putin himself who gave the order. Or for his organization to be put on this list of foreign agencies so what were waiting for now is any sort of response from the ministry of justice to these heavy accusations. Thousands of people protesting against austerity in the capital if i could go for a 6 day leave the government in quito relocated to the country 2nd city and they dont rest and clashes. The protests were triggered by the removal of subsidies is part of a loan deal with the International Monetary fund money the demonstrators come from poor and indigenous communities across aquittal ok lets go live now from the nicholas adanis in the midst of the unrest in. Nicholas spring is the latest place. Returns right now in an absolute chaos there is our friends and thousands of protesters lets try and get closer to the problem line just that just a few feet and why its the president ial palace its been the call good military and police since these protests 2 clients again there. In minutes ago while i was doing a live show you that were standard version we dont hit by. And thats what we didnt see you know. The protesters you should know its ok charles stones bricks just like the. And Police Firing back with tear gas with sound bombs its a situation of extreme tension in the streets. Just to give you an idea. Right good old great place suspended any activity in the city center they say its not safe for doctors and for ambulances instead weve got crews are volunteers that are just taking the dozens and dozens of wounded people to. Stop them treating them there its actually pretty shocking as you mentioned these protests. 30 measures that the were implemented by the government included scrapping the subsidies do you know. Gasoline and that has triggered these protests the monday we had the students then on tuesday we had been bijan as communities today they will move together theyve joined together in the same tens of thousands of taking out the streets of peter so a couple of minutes ago and we all thought that they didnt let in moreno was actually going want to kill but you just landed here apparently because he wanted to monitor the situation on the ground but hes going to say you know what hes going to hit is a message. Sent loot. Riposte so hes got that meant theres minutes notice and say its measures that as you mentioned came up there with the i. M. F. 4200000000. 00. Were told that struggling with that. The people here say the government is going to say banks and big business instead of the people and thats why all these people here protest in 3 days this week massive protests 2 this is a national strike. Weve seen here on the frontline its absolute chaos in clashes between protesters and the Police Forces that have been take acts which its practically bearable. Its well. And this is definitely not the end its same only are. Local time and they promise to stay here till dusk maybe even tomorrow so this is just the beginning of it is promising to be a tragic day in x. Windows history back to you. And i think such correspondent nicholas is on the in there quito amid the protests and theyre going to be careful indeed as even should the violence witness stand many i was still to go in without many thanks. Said to france now where farmers in rwanda been banned from selling their projects after a major fire at a local Chemical Plant the farmers are now seeking compensation from the government. 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