Given the fact that the syrian kurds are reportedly asked the United States for air support and for a no fly zone to protect civilians what were hearing from the pentagon is that the u. S. Military ordered not to help and you have to remember in all of this that the United States has been fighting alongside syrian kurds in the effort to defeat eisel in recent years so many in washington a little disappointed to say the least with the u. S. President s sort of turning a blind eye to that relationship in fact there has been a number of criticism even from members of his own Republican Party including senator Lindsey Graham saying i urge president trying to change course well there is still time by going back to the save zone concept that was working and we should point out the pentagon as recently as tuesday sent out a statement saying that they were still urging their turkish counterparts to work on establishing a safe zone that that was the best path forward to maintaining stability but also acknowledging at that point in time that tricky has chosen to act unilaterally and can really just let you know were just getting an urgent wire crossing now this is according to the Associated Press news agency saying in fact that trump says that the u. S. Does not endorse turkeys hes calling us an assault on syria and hes calling the operation a bad idea one wonders where this will end up next because we also know that hes invited early on to visit next month. Yeah im just reading that in real time here right now this statement from the white house came out moments ago this morning turkey a nato member invaded syria the United States does not endorse this attack and has made it clear to turkey that this operation is a bad idea there are no american soldiers in the area from the 1st day entered the political arena i made it clear that i did not want to fight these endless says list wars especially those that dont benefit the United States this is what the president is saying chirk he is committed to protecting civilians protecting religious minorities including christians and ensuring no humanitarian crisis takes place and we will hold them to this commitment in addition turkey is now responsible for assuring all eisel fighters being held captive remain in prison and eisel does not reconstitute in any way shape or form we expect turkey to abide by all of its commitments and will continue to monitor the situation closely so there is the official statement coming from the u. S. President in just the last few moments of course this does seem to have some contradiction to some of the reports coming from the s. D. F. Statements that in fact there is huge panic among the people in the region that there isnt the protection that that president ial statement seems to indicate the u. S. Has demanded turkey provide ok kimberly thank you very much. Now irans president Hassan Rouhani has called for restraint on dialogue between turkey and the kurds iran is a close ally of the Syrian Government and began unannounced military drills in the northwest of the country bordering turkey that the americans must leave the area accords whose country syria should support the syrian army and the Syrian Government the current trying to do deals behind closed doors not to the benefits of the region we urge our neighbor friend and brotherly nation turkey and the government of turkey to show due care and attention and patience in this issue well russia has also been calling for a dialogue between the Syrian Government and the kurds foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is on a 2 day visit to kazakhstan where hes been speaking to the media lavrov also blamed the u. S. For helping grow tensions in the region on tuesday moscow said it was not informed about the u. S. Decision to pull out american troops from syria. The americans organized cause a state structures in northeastern syria ensured peoples livelihoods and viability and actively promoted the kurdish issue in a way that arab tribes who traditionally lived on these territories used to object to its now a very dangerous game such a reckless attitude to this highly sensitive subject can set fire to the entire region and we have to avoid it at any cost we are communicating this position to the u. S. I hope they hear us but practically we cant yet see any serious changes or very inconsistent and contradictory policy stuff asan has reaction from moscow. Compared to other capitals its very quiet here in moscow just after this military operation has started just a few hours before foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on his visit in kazakhstan urged the kurds and the Syrian Government to have a dialogue to bring these parties together russia actually offered also to play a role in this making sure that the kurds would have the backing of the Syrian Government but just a few hours after that the operation began and since then the only an ounce meant from the kremlin has been that the president from turkey has called the president put in just before the operation began and announced that it was going to happen and president putin has urged the one according to his spokesman that turkey has to be careful and had thought really investigate and look at the situation not to jeopardize any Peace Movement and damage a Peace Process that has been going on in syria at all so basically the russians are now sitting back and watching whats whats happening during this military operation of course Turkey Russia story is on the inside of syria has been fighting on the side of syria for years and syria of course is very concerned about what the turks are going to do and how if theres going to be an incursion of not so russia is in the middle of these 2 forces but also during a Peace Agreement and peace talks before in the socalled a stand up process russia has been bringing all these groups together the turkish government is involved also the Syrian Government is involved is involved so they are close contacts between all these countries and thats why russia is now playing this kind of sit back role awaiting what the turkish troops are actually going to do. Well the head of nato has urged turkey not to jeopardize the fight against eisel on twitter he wrote nato has been informed by turkish authorities about their ongoing operation in Northern Syria i count on turkey to act with restraint and ensure that the gains we have made in the fight against isis are not jeopardized i will discuss this issue with president. On friday. Its bring him i want about hes the director of policy analysis of the arab center for research and policy studies is joining us from doha well get to the issue of ice on just a moment but 1st let me ask you about trump has officially reacted and hes saying that he does not endorse or the u. S. Rather does not endorse turkeys assault on syria a call is calling the operation a bad idea there just seem to be mixed messages coming out of that administration either not you know absolutely or it is very difficult sometimes to understand that your position of president drum. He has been changing his position according to the pressure hes feeling actually because right now you know that there is like. A usual criticism at the president because many in washington including people from his own party actually are criticizing him for abandoning u. S. Allies in syria those actually go forth with the United States against arsenal over the past or the boss for 5 years i either could this be seen in the Market Forces so i think hes on one hand at trying to. Appease turkey by are allowing or giving green light for the operation on the other hand hes trying actually to send also some messages to his on domestic audience back at home that hes not actually dorning any sort of military attack against u. S. Allies in syria the Syrian Democratic forces so this is why we can we can see this. Changing position of of the president ok then what do you make of the russian position because. A few days ago russia had called for a dialogue between the kurds as well as the Syrian Government but since the start of this operation by turkey oh weve not had official reaction from moscow where we think that the russians actually you know. I mean russia has allowed to the key to do and defeating twice militarily in syria. Euphrates shield in 2016. And the Olive Branch Operation in 2018 both operation material but asians have been actually conducted by turkey inside syrian territories and the target of these 2 abrasions where mandi the senior democrat the forces the white b g and which took actually managed to eliminate from both actually they are free to use shield area and also from everything and so now i believe is trying to on one hand keep the key close to it by not criticizing this operation all door normally we would see a feeling that the Syrian Regime. Recovered that there it east of the euphrates think is that americans are withdrawing but right now we see that that that russia in fact is gone dorning this military operation or at least overlooking it because on the one hand they cannot but event it because is the americans who are controlling the area but on the other hand they are trying actually to put some pressure on the court this forces in order to embarrass the Syrian Regime so this is what the russians are trying to do what i know on one hand giving talking on their side on the other hand trying actually to use the 3rd push of pressure on the court this forces in order to push the cause of this for the forces for that there was a Syrian Regime that is the russians not that in my opinion at this at this moment ok our want to thank you very much for giving us your analysis thank you lets bring in Charles Stratford whos joining us from a college thats on turkeys border with syria and the operation trial started with the reported sounds of explosions in whats the situation now what are you hearing. Certainly in the last couple of hours weve heard repeated bowers use of artillery fired from positions along the along the border quite close to here it will sound like large on tillery fire as well as what seemed to be certainly maybe even cuts to show rockets we understand the targets have been hit as yet targets have been hit these according to. These and still sees in the towns alltel abhi out which is very close to here im just hearing another biology of particular e. Seemingly from my left the town of. As well a place called karma surely another place called russell i now we understand that these places all these towns are well within sort of 30 so kilometers from the border this certainly seems to have been quite a dramatic escalation as i say in the last couple of hours no no real reaction or no reaction as yet according to our understanding at least from the a. C. F. Its important to recognize that communications here the internet mobile phone coverage has been completely blacked out in the last i would assault a probably about 3 hours or so so getting information to the 2 journalists here is proving very difficult indeed to see the very keen to control the situation here as we go forward its understood that theyve also been had strikes. We understand because we have 16 and strikes again within 30 kilometer distance from this side of the border into syria but we cannot confirm that military analysts are saying that these kind of biology is the artillery and has strikes will continue no news as yet as to whether any kind of Ground Forces have gone across the border of course we still today a confirmation that the f. A. Say these are. The Free Syrian Army always described issues Opposition NationalArmy Fighters being used by the turks they were pulled in from syria and will be used in some sort of ground offensive with the city with with the turks course the turks have supported the f. S. A. The Free Syrian Army since factually the beginning of the revolution in syria right we expect this as i say to go on for the next couple of hours. And well bring more to you as we get it yeah ok well cross over to you as and when you have more news for us for the time being thank you for that update. Lets bring you news out of tunis because the embattled tennesseean president ial candidate now being of trying to we set to be released from jail just 4 days before the 2nd round runoff president ial election it cut away has been behind bars since august accused of Money Laundering and tax evasion the media mogul came 2nd in the 1st round of to his yes president ial elections last month his party harts often asea also came 2nd in mondays parliamentary election has survived about joining us from tunis to tell us what were learning about the circumstances surrounding his release. Well basically except from that statement from the Appeals Court saying that basically accept the release request made by the lawyers. And hes expected to be released from. Jail in about 2 to 3 hours from now that im standing outside of the headquarters where his party heart of. His supporters were converging here and went on convoys to the jail to greet their leader and theyre expecting him to make a statement. Later but this comes as a he you surprised i mean just the request for his release was denied many times with a court saying that basically hes facing charges of corruption and also on tax evasion and now it seems that this is going to make a huge political changes here in tunisia what does this mean then for we had his chance to win the election. Where basically i mean until today for example to give you an idea about whats happening in tunisia there was a prevailing sentiment that the bill carter was opponent of the retired law professor. Was widely seen as the man to be elected as to his ears next president now we have to wait and see whether the release of the bill is going to build up more momentum for him he has 4 days to catch up he has 4 days to rally support for him and to start a. Camping along with his own allies but his party which was established only 3 months ago made a huge surprise in the parliamentary election and came in 2nd so were seeing some momentum which is building up when you talk to his supporters and they would definitely tell you that this is the only person who has a clear sense about how to move forward in tunisia and that hes most likely going to be elected as president of the other hand you have another Campaign Team is that we says that if the man has been facing corruption charges and therefore it may not be the right choice for the tunisias i think this is going to further shift the focus in the coming days on not be a little color we the media take on who has upset the political order here in tunisia and i think it will bring back some sense of suspense and excitement about the president ial election what is most certain is that you will definitely see more people coming to the votes in there because it suddenly became an issue between 2 camps in one represented by the law professor who thinks that its about time to reform the country and one represented by in the bill supporters who say that he is the only person to fix the many economic and political problems that face ok has some had better thank you. Now a manhunt underway in eastern germany after at least one gunman killed 2 people and injured others near a synagogue new video shows the moment the gunman fires on the synagogue you can see right there in the city of holly its the holiest day of the jewish calendar young too poor german media say a grenade was also thrown into a Jewish Cemetery and a 2nd shooter could be seen walking down the streets gunfire was also heard in the nearby town of landsberg. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera turkey has begun a military operation in Northern Syria launching airstrikes supported by artillery fire surface president reza play a burger one says it aims to eliminate a terror corridor the kurdish led Syrian Democratic forces say the airstrikes have cause huge panic among people in the region the s. D. F. Has fired 6 rockets into Southern Turkey 5 e. U. Members of the Un Security Council have called for an urgent meeting over the operation france britain germany belgium and poland asked for the session which will take place on thursday the u. N. Secretary general antonio a terrorist says hes very concerned over the incursion. Meanwhile russia has put the blame on the u. S. Saying its playing a dangerous game with the kurds russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov earlier called for a dialogue going to bid to ease tensions in Northern Syria. When it comes to the matter with you so the americans organized cause a state structures in northeastern syria ensured peoples livelihoods and viability and actively promoted the kurdish issue in a way that arab tribes who traditionally lived on these territories used to object to its now a very dangerous game such a reckless attitude to this highly sensitive subject can set fire to the entire region and we have to avoid if at any cost we are communicating this position to the u. S. I hope they hear us but practically we cant yet see any serious changes a very inconsistent and contradictory policy. The embattled son is in president ial candidate and to be able to do is set to be released from jail just 4