The situation in syria is becoming more complex and tense, with turkeys advance into Northern Syria showing no sign of easing today. The Syrian Military accompanied by Russian Troops has assumed control of the kurdish held town of manbij, Turkish Military forces ammassing nearby and turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says taking manbij is a priority. But seizing the town would now mean clashing directly with syrian troops and possibly even russia. Another particular flash point has been the kurdish held town of ras al in where there has been more street to street clashes today. This footage from the Turkish Anadolu Agency shows just how intense the fighting has been, as Turkish Backed fighters try to displace the kurdish forces. Middle east correspondent martin patience is there. Well, the syrians are behind me, and throughout this morning, we have seen heavy turkish shelling. That seems to be their response to the american sanction. The turkish president , for his part, says he wi
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