The independence guilty of sedition and disobedience one is jailed for 13 years and the nobel prize for economics goes to a trio of u. S. Based Research Shows who have broken new ground in efforts to lift the worlds poor house of property. I mean you could as mckinnon thanks so much for joining me to widespread criticism u. S. President donald trump has backtracked on his policy in Northern Syria hes announced sanctions against turkish officials over chris incursion against codes there and he slammed turkeys actions as dangerous trump had previously announced that u. S. Troops would be withdrawn from the region and that has led kurdish fighters to ally themselves with the Syrian Government to which they had previously. Again opposed. The syrian town of ras alain pounded by turkish a terrorist across the border. A week into turkeys offensive in Northern Syria fighting still rages here Turkish Backed syrian militias seen here at battling kurdish fighters who are counterattacking to retak
Price. In a very warm welcome to the point with the focus on turkeys offensive in Northern Syria im peter craven and my guests. Seders a t w Foreign Policy editor who says a military operation in syria wont solve ones problems out. Also with us is motor laming senior contributor at the berlin Daily Telegraph spiegel a meltzer argues that the middle east is facing further escalation the losers of the kurds and donald trump. And a very well welcome to sit down you know gala editor in chief of the middle east magazine sen if you believe that everyone has already achieved his. So you go in goal but militarily this offensive is a very dangerous fall ok. Thank you thank you all for being here today and id like to begin with you say. The long awaited offensive against kurdish positions in Northern Syria has begun as president has wanted is to clean now out war well we can say that a very dangerous phase has started so basically are do on once to with this military operation 1st get rid of the
Thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Turkey is always the military offensive in syria against kurdish groups and Islamic State terrorists strikes were launched on 2 towns in Northern Syria that her son witnessed the assault. How do you know that with our nearest ally in the out from here i can hear turkish fighter jets flying behind my back i just got an urgent message that the eastern part of the town of commish lee was attacked 3 mortar shells no but. Full here near. Locals or very concerned about whats happening its quite possible that civilians will start leaving this area its expected that thousands maybe even hundreds of thousands of civilians may flee so the operation by turkey has indeed begun but no concrete action is being taken by the International Coalition or Syrian Democratic. Video shows thousands of locals fleeing the area following the long shot but Turkish Operation the Syrian Democratic forces claim 5 civilians have been killed in the offensive earlier
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Controversial judicial reforms. And typhoon haiyan base rips across japan rescue efforts are in full force as large areas of the country face record rains flooding and landslides leaving thousands was no power or water. Mix fights are glad to have you with us. Kurdish forces in Northern Syria say they are allowing Syrian Government forces to deploy along the border with turkey they say the deployment will help them counter the turkish armys incursion into the region it means a shift in alliances for the kurds who say the United States has abandoned them by withdrawing its troops but the political moves changed nothing for the refugees fleeing the fighting. Safe at last sheltering in a School Classroom and. When the 1st bombs fell she home is mild took her 2 children and fled their border town home leaving all their possessions behind the pregnant mother has no idea what the future holds. They were there why doesnt anyone help us our children will suffer and want to go supposed to do wh