Logistical and intelligence support to rebels in the north west of syria much of it is controlled by talk. Its an alliance of factions spearheaded by a former al qaida affiliate turkish president of egypt tell you about it one says he wont allow the Rebel Alliance to thrive along the border of his country. We have opened up a space in a region with Operation Euphrates Shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a glib today theres a serious operation in and it will continue because we have our brothers there who came to fleeing violence in aleppo we cant tell them whatever happens happens you can either die or survive we have to extend a hand to our brothers now this step has been taken and it is underway being pushed out of the northern iraqi town of fighting continues in surrounding villages Kurdish Peshmerga as have been fighting alongside iraqi troops they say hundreds of iceland members have surrendered ahead of a progovernment advance tw
D. C. The u. S. Fired off the first volley in the diplomatic dispute on sunday issuing a statement saying it was suspending all Nonimmigrant Visa Services at diplomatic facilities across turkey by the end of the day the Turkish Embassy responded in kind to the u. S. The visa suspension war started just days after turkish authorities arrested a us consulate employee met in tokyo claiming tokyos was fine for an exiled turkish cleric the u. S. Says those accusations are baseless oh look i was a look our retired and basswood her and former principal representative to the European Union says the u. S. Is sending a clear and deliberate message. Or already there warning. At all were going. To go are you talking to the american interests the exiled cleric fedele a group one has been a bone of contention between the u. S. And turkey for nearly two decades turkish president. Claims masterminded last years bloody military coup attempt from his compound in the u. S. State of pennsylvania hes been
Declared capital rocka the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces say the battle could take hours or days the fight to retake the city began in june with the backing of the u. S. Led coalition also in syria state t. V. Is reporting that Government Forces and allies have retaken the eastern town of al maya dean for myself dean was one of the last remaining pockets in Eastern Syria still held by the group from hashem who is following developments from a tie on the turkey syria border the syrian army saying very has. This city or bell mayor dean in this is a Major Development is also a major setback for the. Fighters in is this because the moment they started losing ground. They started moving pulling out troops were getting softer word deals or hundreds of fighters have lost. Now that there we have lost the mayor the others porter to how to word the city of all the border with iraq so were talking about i say losing significant ground in the eastern part of the country now as far as the wh
With them as human shields as part of a deal brokered by tribal leaders some about as more from an taqiyya turkeys border with syria. Negotiations are still underway in iraq to convince foreign fighter to live the city i mean tribes and fighters from the have been have been trying to. Convince foreign fighters affiliated with ice to leave in exchange for free passes now were getting some conflicting reports about what is happening now some say that its just a matter of time before everyone leaves that are others suggest that some of the battle hardened. I see the fighters say that they are committed to fighting to the death now the u. S. Led coalition has been distancing itself from this deal saying that it wont tolerate to see those foreign fighters leave and then resurface in different parts of the country but this remains a very crucial moment. Though remains confident that its just a matter of a few hours before they can officially declare that iraq back in trouble if that happens
Areas in the Oil Rich Region and if you come on the told reuters that the aim is to take and have base and oil fields well kurdish leaders met earlier to discuss tensions with iraq following last months a session referendum theyve rejected the iraqi governments demand to stop any push for independence but theyve been used in office for talks to resolve the crisis. That has more from ed a bill in northern iraq. The Iraqi Military saying that this operation is being spearheaded by the ninth Armored Division the federal police and counterterrorism units they saying that the thousands of shia militias are very much in a supportive role we understand that this offensive is focused on oil fields to the north the west in the south of that oil rich city of kirkuk and also the k. One a military base k. One military base was taken control of by Kurdish Peshmerga in two thousand and fourteen after the iraqi army fled and eisel offensive at kirkuk is hugely important for the k r g and for the Iraq