So raw and youre watching the aljazeera news our live wire quarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes Turkish Forces launch an offensive against the Northern Syrian enclave of african and warn that a larger city of month beach is next. Also a siege at a major kabul hotel leaves at least fifteen people that. Refugees say theyre feeling pressurised to return to me and far too soon. For the sport to the big names in tennis acted out for a place at the Australian Open puerto finals but rockwell a dallas already three and that was far from straightforward for the world number one. Could have you with us welcome to the aljazeera news hour turkey has begun its ground assault on a kurdish enclave in Northern Syria now the campaign is aimed at freeing its held by a kurdish y. P. Chief old. Says who are backed by the u. S. But considered to be terrorists by turkey tanks are moving across the border aimed to carve out what turkey calls a thirty kilometer safety zone that follows a day of air strikes and artillery fire that white b. G. Activists say has killed at least six people speaking to supporters in bursar turkish present recipe the one says hes anticipating a quick resolution to the campaign or Stephanie Decker is our correspondent joins me now live from the turkey syria border lets just begin with bring us up to speed in terms of the turkish assault on those y p g positions very close to where you are. Thats right well just just before you came to me i could hear artillery shelling this is been going on here throughout the day also heavy machine gun fire coming from turkey spaces behind us and aircraft in the sky i have to say there are from what we understand far less airstrikes and there were overnight and in the late sort of off to noon yesterday but as you mentioned this ground offensive now seems to be well underway with fighting in particular in the northwest of syria from what we understand f. S. A. Those of the Free Syrian Army fighters that turkey supports it has its own troops on the ground as well have taken to villages but the fighting is ongoing again its very difficult to confirm reports the f. S. A. Says theyve captured three white p. G. Soldiers the y. P. G. S. A. With the video that we havent been able to verify that its blown up a turkish tank but it does show you that this is a battle that is well underway and as you mentioned the price the president here are doing just speaking saying its going to be over very soon but this may well be a difficult fight of course were getting a wire as well through from the turkish general staff saying those are most importance being given not to harm civilians during this operation called operation bridge stuff what more do we know really about casualties in the way people are potentially allowed to move out of the conflict areas. Well the official casualty count from the y. P. G. Sources as of this early this morning was six civilian killed and three y p g members killed we havent been able to get a real update because the columns are so bad inside at the moment yes turkey is saying that its only targeting the y. P. G. That its not focusing on civilians but as we know when it comes to war and air strikes artillery it is a very sort of shady dividing line and of course the psychological aspect of that you can still hear outgoing at the moment is terrible for the people we know that a lot of civilians in this border area have moved sort of further inside towards african city those in the city are sheltering in basements the way out youre also me about that well were hearing reports from certainly turkish lines and some inside saying that the why p. G. Is preventing them from leaving others are saying thats not true what is clear is the only way out because after is pretty surrounded by turkey and the troops that turkey supports is into the Syrian Government areas but it is very difficult for the people who are talking hundreds of thousands of civilians so for them before course this is going to desperate situation the serious situation in syria has been so fluid over the several years that weve seen this sort of civil war conflict expands and many people will not do watching this program what the significance of a town called is now into this equation that involves assaults in the north of the country. Well member it is a town that turkey and yesterday the president again richer ated would be next why if we break it down trying to simplify it you have to sort of kurdish controlled areas in the north of syria and then turkish back to troops in the middle member is still further west of the area that turkey turkey back troops control what turkey has always wanted is for the y. P. To leave that area and move towards on the other side of the euphrates this hasnt happened and last year there was a there was a real sort of escalation in fighting between rebels that turkey supports and the y p g and the u. S. Got gold the american sent their troops and vehicles to trying to escalate the situation so when turkey says that is going to be next day its a much larger city but also you know you have these sort of International Implications the why p. G. So is a group that is the best ally of the United States in fighting isolate actively pushed ice a lot of most of its territory in syria turkey is now bombing that exact group so it is incredibly difficult and just as im speaking to you were hearing more and more outgoing so again very after front line at the moment remember well leave it there im sure International Viewers of you got some insight and clarity its whats going on there in Northern Syria thanks to you sir thank you. Now afghan Officials Say the civilian death toll in the Kabul Hotel Attack is now at least fifteen with another twenty wounded. Now the taliban has claimed responsibility in a statement it said five of its fighters were targeting government workers Security Forces and foreigners not the gunman stormed the Intercontinental Hotel on saturday night leading to a seize that lasted more than sixteen hours the Afghan Government says four attackers have been killed the taliban says there were five gunman involved now there have been multiple deaths from a roadside bomb that struck a very cold in afghanistans western Herat Province the vehicle was carrying thirteen civilians though reports of between eight and twelve those passengers were killed provincial police are blaming the taliban the taliban have also claimed responsibility for a saturday night out bush on progovernment fighters in the Northern Province that left at least eighteen people dead jennifer glass our correspondent following some pretty fast moving stories are coming out of afghanistan lets start with whats happened at the hotel jennifer lots of questions for the authorities to answer especially over security just bring us up to speed on what we know about what happened during that attack on the intercontinental. What we know the taliban say there were five attackers the interior ministry at the time was saying there were four attackers they somehow got into the hotel behind me its dark behind me last night that hotel would have been brightly lit full of guests i mean yes these attackers are very heavily armed got into the hotel at about nine oclock on saturday night causing people to hide in barricaded their rooms getting people to flee as soon as they could afghan Security Forces came in that seems lasted for sixteen hours in the Intercontinental Hotel more than one hundred sixty people rescued right now the death toll as we understand it stands at least fifteen people in love and of them. Foreigners and the afghan president ashraf ghani is calling for an investigation he wants to know how those attackers got into those hell and one of the Big Questions is going to be how did they get into the hotel with enough weapons and ammunition to carry out a siege to hold off afghan Security Forces for sixteen hours and one thing the afghan president did say as he commanded the Security Forces say theyve done all they could to minimize casualties that is probably why the siege went on for so long i witnesses say that the attackers went from room to room knocking on doors trying to kill as many people as they could and as dawn broke here this morning at daybreak there were fires in the hotel and a number of the guests tried to escape using curtains using sheets dramatically lowering themselves down from higher balconies at least one man falling down and injuring himself in the process of course jennifer you know as you mention the taliban are taking responsibility but questions about security will be raised as you say by the president because the issue of security has been power about the people in the capital kabul where theyve been sometimes quite regularly in twenty seventeen under attack with many killed if you cant control the capital for security then questions all raised about the rest of the country. That certainly is the case and Afghan People here in kabul have been very unhappy with the government of course twenty seventeen saw the worst attack on civilians since two thousand and one that terrible bombing on may thirty first that killed one hundred fifty and wounded more than four hundred more people in the very heart of the city and since then there have been multiple attacks around the town on mosques on Community CentersAfghan People here very much on edge and that its not just the towel on the afghan Security Forces are fighting against also at daiichi as its called here the Islamic State i saw has also been able to launch attacks here in the capital and fighting around the country too has intensified so its if as you say if you cant keep security in the capital how do you keep security around the country and that is going to be really the big question Afghan People will be asking the Afghan Government and as i said the afghan president has called for an investigation of course one of the questions that will be raises about the security aspect of the hotel which you touched on in your first answer but the security was handed over usa from government to private Security Firms thats a huge change will shift in methodology certainly for the local authorities and questions in an investigation was tough to stop surely. I think it certainly will look the governments under a lot of financial pressure president gaudi already said that they could without International Help they cant afford their Security Forces and so perhaps it was an area where they felt they had to cut back perhaps they built they had a responsible private Security Agency who could take over the security there but it only happened a couple of weeks ago you know the taliban had been planning this for a couple of weeks as well they said they were going to launch a last weekend at the side to do it this weekend because they felt the more government officials in the hotel so i think the government will come under a lot of scrutiny as to why a private Security Firm is in charge of such a hotel a private hotel and a prominent hotel one of the few places in kabul where you can have big gatherings one of the few places where you can have conferences and and of course one of the places that attracted so many prominent afghans and foreigners and perhaps because why it became a target well believe the finale of course come back to you i will get more developments on the situation from over jennifer glass in kabul thank you. Now the United Nations special rapporteur has been visiting rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh yang healy was banned from entering the in her visit to neighboring bangladesh comes just days before he refugees all jesus start returning to me in repatriation process is expected to last at least two years more than six hundred thousand ringle have fled to bangladesh since me about the launch a crackdown in northern Rakhine State in august. That isnt quite as bizarre and spoke with the un special rapporteur for. I dont think the situation has really improved in myanmar and first of all where will they go back to theyve lost their livelihood theyve lost their crops theyve lost their fields all the all the rice now as weve heard really being sold elsewhere to other countries. Theyve lost their homes so theyre really rebuilding process is going to be huge and and the people should not be subjected to living in another camp like situation we all know what happened after two thousand and twelve people are still there after two thousand and twelve and ive talked to people in china were told that they would stay for come on muslims for three days they ended up staying in the years in the years in come in talk to you. So i know that refugees are very concerned about that what can the International Community really do in terms of pressuring. Some sort of process to call she was found guilty of these alleged atrocities to be committed inside myanmar i think the International Community should do more to pressure that if weve all heard never again and if these people who we know. Have committed some of you know somebody has to be held accountable and somebody needs to see that these people are held accountable with respect to the a different here can the International Community do to better help bangladesh mean this is not going away in the near future if this crisis what ive seen so far with just a few days of rain or even a half a day of rain we really will be witnessing landslides and we may see more casualties coming in huge number of casualties as a result of this and the constant. Nation of the people in. Its just not. Humane. Where they can live in dignity camps need to move out to be. Dispersed a little bit and this is where the International Community can help to. Try to disperse. And maybe ask the government to provide. Well plenty more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including pope francis calls on worshipers to help and violence against women in latin america. But go sharing with this white house is like negotiating with jello. Deep political divisions in the u. S. Where a stalemate between republicans and democrats forces a Government Shutdown. And the end of a dusty road where the finish line for the dakar rally thats all coming up with sport. About to our top story of course the ongoing assault by Turkish Forces in Northern Syria joining me now in istanbul is Ibrahim Colleen hes turkeys president ial spokesman have you with us on the channel sir theres an assumption that this is a win win situation for turkey that you will beat the white p. G. In a free along the border what do you regard as a win that will not upset damascus or not upset russia. Well the ultimate goal of this operation the olive branch is to eliminate alters elements in the offing region weve been raising this issue for a number of months now our president has raised this publicly as well as in his official talks with the americans with the russians the iranians and other key allies in the region including saudi arabia. And the United Nations and we have received a number of threats as well as attacks from these key y d y p g elements in the african region into our cities especially high tide killis and the surrounding areas and now is to go with the goal is to eliminate all this terrorist threats coming from the after in the region and turkey in fact the u. N. Charter article fifty one provides turkey with full legitimacy to selfdefense and we have coordinated this obviously with all the key allies we have briefed five countries as well as the United Nations and a number of other countries as a region that we are going into this operation just fine you seem to do the diplomacy very well but whats the end game if you that in find yourself in an incursion within syrian territory of what thirty kilometers whats the endgame of having not but to say because you cant keep the buffer zone you will eventually have to give it back to syria. Well this issue was raised in fact when we began the Euphrates Shield operation about a year and a half ago when diet charlemagnes or isis elements were present in attacking turkey and posing a threat not only to us but also to the syrian local people there and we have completed very successfully do for its a shield operation more than two thousand kilometer a square kilometer area has been completely cleared from diced areas and more than hundred thousand local Syrian People have returned back to their homes in jobless and above right all these areas now a similar plan is being launched and executed at the moment in the off in the region we understand that there are you know local people there but this is not the property of the why do you or why p. G. As. You will probably know and i think that also as a reminder sorry sir but as a foreign power its also not your responsibility to assert it is your responsibility to a certain extent when you are going to actually commit that sort of military onslaught to protec