some former isis but turkey says they are the moderate face of the sunni arab syrian who is rightfully live here. yet again, syria ground to dust and rubble as forces that are hard to restrain open another chapter in this endless saga. so nick, when you just told us about this potential clash in kobani, what do you know about russia s presence there? reporter: well, when we talked a few days about an out post where u.s. forces were possibly accidentally maybe deliberately shelled by turkey, that outpost now has russian flags flying above it. kobani is key to both sides. the whole plan for a secure border along the bottom falls apart. and they lost to kick isis out. but russia and the syrian regime have moved in. we saw pictures last night into kobani to help it for the syrian