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American troops out of the region meanwhile Turkish Forces and couldnt fighters continue to battle in the border town of russell and considered a Strategic Point for both saying the hardware has more now on the fighting from the turkey syria border. The Kurdish Syrian Democratic forces are holding out. Using tunnels and trenches to mount their defense its been just over a week since the turkey led military operation began. The battle here is key if that operation is to succeed fighting has been fierce. The fighters are mainly from the syria have kurdish y p g group that make up the bulk of the s. The f. Forces turkey considers it a terrorist organization. This border town is where turkey wants to create what it calls a safe zone that will stretch 30 kilometers into syrian territory the United States which not only about the s d f and pulled its troops out of northeast syria is demanding a cease fire it has already imposed sanctions on turkey as a form of pressure but president treasure
Joining us live there from belfast this plenty more ahead on the news hour including foreign fighters will have more on what came out of talks between iraqi and french delegations the aftermath of more violence in Mexico Police are among dozens dead as fears grow for this security. Added support a short call by englands rugby coach ahead of the world cup quarterfinals live today to. A high level u. S. Delegation has arrived in ankara hoping to convince the turkish president to hold his military campaign in northeastern syria u. S. Vice president mike pence and u. S. Secretary of state. Have been holding talks with turkish president richard typer to one name while Turkish Forces and kurdish fighters continue to battle border town of ras alain considered a Strategic Point for both. Stratford is in jail and close to the scene of fighting near turkeys border with syria but 1st were going to sin and cos the ogre whos standing by near the president ial palace in ankara where the u. S. Nation
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
A mainly arab town and refugees should be allowed to return one of the justifications for turkeys operation is not just about getting rid of the y p g and the s the f. Threat in syria but it is about allowing refugees to return so the Opposition Forces are now at the edges of member you have the Syrian Government which entered the city by invitation whether or not there will be a direct confrontation it is hard to say because it seems there are behind the scenes negotiations the Turkish Defense minister saying that he was he had a phone conversation with his russian russian counterpart and in his words it was a constructive conversation earlier today the president erdogan said that he is coordinating with russia and theres coordination it on cold bonnie thats another kurdish held a town close to the border suggesting really that theres some sort of a deal but hours later the Russian Defense Ministry Says no we did not discuss cold bonnie yet so what is clear is that theres a dangerous