To. The very well markets youre watching R T International with me making aaron our top story this hour the u. N. Security council has held an emergency meeting after reports 33 turkish soldiers were killed during an offensive by Syrian Forces syrias representative to the u. N. Said the Turkish Military presence in its lip is preventing damascus from fighting terrorists on its own territory turkeys un envoy in return stated that ankara intends to maintain its military posture there. We will not abandon. And were going to you or reinforcements. Are all the my country is combating terrorism in its own territory and we are committed to using all the tools to defend our people and the unity of syria. In response to the ongoing violation of the ceasefire within the zone the syrian army has every right to subdue the terrorists the assad regime russia and iran must have to their offensive before more innocent civilians are killed and displaced emergency meeting followed reports 33 turkish sol
A very warm welcome to you know watching r. T. International with me mickey airing. Our top story during an emergency meeting at the u. N. Security council on syria damascus has accused turkey of harboring al qaeda and islamic states so casey one envoy in return wants the Syrian Government not to directly target turkish troops he will not abandon those and well going to you all military reinforcements. Are all the different my country is combating terrorism in its own territory and we are committed to using tools to defend our people and the unity of syria. In response to the ongoing violation of the cease fire within the loop zones of the syrian army has every right to subdue the terrorists the assad regime russia and iran must halt their offensive before more innocent civilians are killed and displaced. The emergency meeting followed reports 33 turkish soldiers were killed during an offensive by Syrian Forces the president s of russia and turkey have held a phone call in which they d
A warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me making arrant our top story this hour the u. N. Security council has held an emergency meeting must after reports 33 circles soldiers were killed during an offensive by Syrian Forces now syrias representative to the u. N. Said the Turkish Military presence in italy is preventing damascus from fighting terrorists on its own territory turkeys u. N. Envoy in return stated that ankara intends to maintain its military posture there. We will not abandon. And well continue or reinforcements. Are all the my country is combating terrorism in its own territory and we are committed to using tools to defend our people and the unity of syria. In response to the ongoing violation of the cease fire within the zone the syrian army has every right to subdue the terrorists the assad regime russia and iran must halt their offensive before more innocent civilians are killed and displaced the president s of russia and turkey have held a phone
And the people have still not started to return to their homes of course many of them dont have homes to return to they were destroyed but many others are still afraid to return and if it works will it work because the deescalation zone works because thats been such a difficulty its been such a Sticking Point when it comes to setting them up and making sure that they are policed and implemented properly. It libya is supposed to be a deescalation zone but what happened was last year in september turkey and russia reached the socalled sochi memorandum agreement in that agreement Demilitarized Zone was supposed to be created around the southern edges of provinces zone free of fighters and free of weapons and turkey was given the responsibility to create this zone but it faced a lot of difficulties because there is a group especially the share which many in the International Community believe is still linked to al qaida refused to withdraw its fighters have heavy weapons from the area and
Because groups like it a sham which many in the International Community believe is still linked to al qaida refused to leave the area now its not clear how long turkey has to implement this agreement the Russian Reconciliation Center in syria is mentioning a 24 hour deadline we havent been able to confirm whether are not there is the 24 hour deadline but definitely it will be difficult for turkey to achieve the creation of a zone in just a few hours especially since h. T. S. High up that even a sham and other opposition groups have not declared their willingness to leave this demilitarized zone. A day off to hong kong Civil Servants defied a call from the government to stay neutral in the protesters outraged 3rd consecutive day its just gone 5 pm local time live pictures now from the district among the protesters a marching off from mass running in the park demanding an inquiry into the Police Handling of weeks of demonstrations and the withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill