say we understand turkey's concerns we want to see the solidarity very clearly. it should be good of excuse turkey is battling for territory held by its enemy the kurdish led syrian democratic forces says the offensive will secure turkey's border and create a safe zone for syrian refugees. civilians who once fled the so-called islamic state are again desperately seeking safety as yet another humanitarian crisis looms in syria and many fear the same extremist fighters they defeated and captured will be set loose to terrorize the region. from. close to the syrian border. well i'm about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border which is towards this