The situation in syria is becoming more complex and tense, with turkeys advance into Northern Syria showing no sign of easing today. The Syrian Military accompanied by Russian Troops has assumed control of the kurdish held town of manbij, Turkish Military forces ammassing nearby and turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says taking manbij is a priority. But seizing the town would now mean clashing directly with syrian troops and possibly even russia. Another particular flash point has been the kurdish held town of ras al in where there has been more street to street clashes today. This footage from the Turkish Anadolu Agency shows just how intense the fighting has been, as Turkish Backed fighters try to displace the kurdish forces. Middle east correspondent martin patience is there. Well, the syrians are behind me, and throughout this morning, we have seen heavy turkish shelling. That seems to be their response to the american sanction. The turkish president , for his part, says he wi
Some turks leaving their homes and taking to the streets and some even jumping on tanks. Police have been responding in kind with tear gas. We can tell you for sure and reports perhaps of more violence, shooting, all flights at istanbul airport suspended and social media sites shut down and american citizens urged to shelter in place and told not to go to the u. S. Embassy and consulates at this time. Citizens from other countries told to stay inside. Coming as the whereabouts of erdogan unknown. He resorted to an iphone and go to the streets and give them their answer. Meantime military units are on the move, the key nato ally and the second largest in nato. The u. S. Embassy reporting lowflying jets have been flying over the streets of istanbul and the capital city of ankara as we are following breaking news from france and we want to go live there at the moment and i want to go to the breaking news in turkey with jim sciutto. This is a Stunning Development and a crucial ally for the