Hi anthony ok and youre in the stream today the kurds in syria how will turkeys plan to establish a safe zone in Northern Syria impact the regions kurdish population if you have questions or comments on this issue well try to get them answered so share your thoughts with us via twitter or in our live you tube chat. A 5 day ceasefire has just ended in Northern Syria and now turkey and russia are ready to establish a safe so the Syrian Refugees so what does this mean for the kurds who are already living that following the sudden withdrawal of u. S. Troops from the region turkey embarked on operation peace spring a military plan a tent on pushing kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces away from the syria turkey border its goal is to create an area where Syrian Refugees could be repatriated after a week of fighting with Kurdish Forces turkey agreed to a 5 day ceasefire last thursday that despite that agreement shelling and other military action have been reported and around 180000 civilians
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Guilty of sedition and sentenced to between 9 and 13 years for their roles in the failed bid for independence 2 years ago has more now from the catalan capital. They turned out in their thousands at basle owners airport determined to cause as much disruption as possible and fronted by riot police to protest his intentions to signal the start of a campaign of civil disobedience cause and amnesty for the 9 politicians and activists convicted on monday for their roles in a failed attempt to secede from spain 2 years ago they were found guilty of sedition but were acquitted on the most serious charge of rebellion the defendants were sentenced to between 9 and 13 years in prison the reaction from the catalan Regional Government was unequivocal. And i personally reject these very big its because we consider them. Unjust and antidemocratic and because they are part of a political trial and were dragged of legal action against got along as right to selfdetermination and against the Independenc
States and the European Union this would be welcome money so this is significant but the battle is really not over their forces on the ground which are facing off each other at the front lines are still being drawn the new map of northeastern syria is still being drawn as behind the scenes negotiations continue between among the different players in a hotel with the latest there from the turkey syria border think you well joel rubin is a former senior official of the u. S. State department and joins me live now from washington d. C. Sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera i guess 1st of all your reaction to this statement the u. S. President saying is going to issue an executive order authorizing sanctions i mean he had spoken about sanctions before do you get the sense that its a president under pressure because this move within the u. S. Has been received so badly let alone in the region itself. Yeah absolutely this is a day late and a dollar short we like to say here
An hour and a half ago trump was on twitter saying that the the fate of the kurds really was not the u. S. Concern that it was a border 7000 miles away in his words and that the u. S. Should really be focused on its domestic borders and he went on to write on twitter anyone who wants to assist syria in protecting the kurds is good with me whether it is russia china or Napoleon Bonaparte obviously downplaying the concerns of some of his own supporters in Congress Like senator Mitch Mcconnell who is a notable republican normal of the ally of trump who has said that because now syria assads army is advancing to the north now that this created a very dangerous power vacuum and that it is a catastrophic outcome in his words for the u. S. Strategic interests there barbara how does your coaster with delays from washington d. C. Hi do you think you. Will soon go. Forces have been quick to take advantage of the abrupt u. S. Retreat from syria theyve moved into the strategic. Well as other towns