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Its turkey says 33. 00 of its soldiers were killed there on thursday nato expressed express solidarity with turkey but offered no Additional Support on the ground turkey has begun rich country strikes saying it struck more than 200 Syrian Government positions and is demanding an immediate ceasefire and it lives following the attack on turkish troops ankara warned it would no longer stop Syrian Refugees from entering europe prompting greece and bulgaria to step up security on their borders. Is in on turkeys border with syria and hashem made the situation seize we were a single was and day by day just how serious is it right now. Well look this is a serious listen that could turn into a full blown military confrontation in syria with all the key players involved there particularly russia and turkey earlier in the day theres been series of phone conversations between turkish officials president was up they spoke with Vladimir Putin of russia spoke with president us present trump other officials try to reach out to different dignitaries World Leaders to try to rally International Support for turkey turkey says that its intervention in turkey was solely for the need to and the humanitarian catastrophe and to stop the Syrian Government from driving almost 4000000 refugees to cross into into turkey on the ground situation is fast moving theres been such an escalation in live province and many attacks by Government Troops targeting Opposition Strongholds in some of those areas you have the Turkish Military establishing military post so the potential for any of those attacks to target the turkish army once again is almost there raising concerns about what could happen next but what as were going to see in this report the death of 33. 00 soldiers is a huge event that could reshape the future of the Turkish Military involvement in syria as were going to see. Turkish soldiers being evacuated from syria after being attacked by sea in Government Forces images like these have created shock and anger in turkey and growing calls for revenge. Turkish military hit Syrian Army Positions in retaliation for the death of dozens of its soldiers in southern israel. Turkey blames the Syrian Government for the airstrike that targeted a military outpost officials here also accuse rochelle failing to deter Syrian Government forces who have recently stepped up their attacks against the soldiers. These attacks happened despite the location of troops being coordinated you know at once with russian officials on the ground unfortunately the attack continued after we werent following the 1st strike. Feeling abandoned by its e. U. Our allies turkey warned it wont prevent refugees from crossing into europe European Countries are alarmed this might turn into a mass exodus of refugees fleeing the conflict in syria turkey has been calling on the e. U. To share the burden of the refugee crisis and on nato to deploy pair to it besides on the border with syria but nato doesnt seem to be willing to provide military support offering for the time being the sympathy by call on them to stop their offensive to respect International Law and to back you in efforts for a peaceful solution to this dangerous situation must be deescalated urge an immediate return to the 2018 cease fire. As tension mounts turkish and russian officials held talks in unkind to defuse tension turkey wants the syrian army to pull our behind the Demilitarized Zone stop its offensive and allow civilians to return home. Russia is a key ally of president bashar assad who rejects turkeys expanded presence in syria and insists they often sit by his troops in as legitimate and they will continue and if russia and turkey fail to overcome their differences they might and. In a wider and prolonged the original confrontation in syria has about al jazeera jill vegas or one Turkish Border with syria while in the past half an hour the u. N. Secretary general and hinted to terrorists is spoken out about the latest escalation between turkey and syria in recent days ive warned repeatedly about the risk of a serious escalation of youre still in northwest syria i fear that with the events of the past 24 hours we have reached that point these one of the most alarming moments across of your nation is the syrian conflict without urgent action the risk of even greater an escalation girls by the oh well there are fears the airstrikes will lead to a renewed refugee crisis with turkey warning it will allow Syrian Refugees to enter europe for more on this lets go to nightmare and monday you know european brokaw centenarian movie. Thats right were already seeing quite swift reaction countries bordering turkey have immediately stepped up security belgariad has increased its patrolling troops the greek Prime Minister has also said no illegal entries to greece would be tolerated turkeys move is seen as an attempt by ankara to force the European Union to reengage with the situation in syria our correspondent lawrence lee has been following the migrant situation for the past few years and sent us this report. Many times the turkish government has threatened to open its borders and release the refugees into europe in large numbers once again this perhaps is a taste of what might still come this was the scene on the shores of the greek island of lesbos already a nightmarish place for the 10s of thousands of men women and children who had come over from turkey and who are now trapped there in itself a dingo arriving isnt any different from any other day but the implication was that the turkish authorities didnt try to stop it. In the same way the routes was being cleared for refugees much further north on the border. There were reports of people being bussed from istanbul to the border town of. A haven for people traffickers and unlike in recent months the Turkish Military did absolutely nothing to stop people then making their own way on foot towards the wide river the border with greece. Coming from istanbul to get to germany there are syrians with us algerians palestinians there are people from every country this want to. Live here and Greece Border police are on the side and theyre not letting migrants in weve got lots of problems here we want to open the borders because of these problems the major response from the greek sides was to tear gas the several 100 people who gathered right on the border with politicians warning loudly that greece was closed to this new wave. Also sent more special forces to the border to try to prevent people coming across the general supposition is the turkeys threatening to manipulate the refugee flows as a direct threat to the European Union to reengage with the situation in syria and the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed people in if the e. U. Continues to turn a blind eye this could get a lot more serious lawrence li al jazeera. John psaropoulos is on the island of lies just for us and joins us now and so has there been evidence there of an increase in the number of refugees arriving. Latest decision by the tech a government you know the greek government is bruised for a massive flow of refugees from turkey but so far. Its been rather an ordinary day 151 Asylum Seekers have been logged arriving at the greek islands on 5 separate boats 3 of them here on less verse that is not an extraordinary number for a one day tally it is maybe on the high end but its still within the realm of the of the ordinary. The news was different on the land border with evidence where there was a concerted effort by about 300 people to come across and as we saw in the footage in that package you played earlier from my colleague lawrence lee the tear gassing was the reaction. Of the reaction is extra patrolling around the clock. Vigilance strengthening of the maritime border with full manpower. And vessels being deployed in 3 shifts. But so far there hasnt been anything approaching that kind of concerted effort on the maritime border. And the great reaction so far. Well the greek reaction so far has been. To put its maritime and land borders on maximum alert but these are 2 very different situations on the land borders you saw its possible to repulse people whether or not on humanitarian grounds one believes that is a good thing to do is another story it is the european attitude its an increasingly hardening hardening attitude. Perhaps in response to the politicize ation of the refugee issue on both sides of the european border. But on but on the maritime border its a different story you cant push people back without putting their lives at risk without risking sinking the boats weve seen such incidents in the past and theyve led to tragedy so here really when the greek government says were strengthening the maritime border all it can really do is increase its vigilance use its the will cameras to see boats detaching themselves from the Turkish Coast be prepared to meet them at the International Water line between greek and turkish territorial waters and then rescue them theyre still going to end up here so this is the border the greek government is really worried about this is the one that really needs European Solidarity and help with not just in search and rescue but also in what the greek government has been asking its e. U. Partners is to help in relocating asylum applications around the European Union because right now greece having about 2 percent of the European Unions population about one percent of its g. D. P. Is handling close to 11 percent of its asylum cases and what its really afraid of happening is being used as a buffer to absorb the asylum applications that will arrive on its shows which is what european rules currently dictate should happen and it wants some sort of reinstatement of the Relocation Program that theres allowed a little more good. In sharing in solidarity and in this light i think this is how we should interpret also the greek Prime Ministers statement on twitter earlier. Greece does not burn the responsibility for the tragic events in syria and will not suffer the consequences of decisions taken by others i think you can interpret that statement as being aimed at turkey which yes is suffering with 3600000. 00 refugees on its soil but also is a power that inserts itself into the syrian conflict and has an active involvement. Whereas the greek side sees itself as being much more the recipient of those problems that are generated. Thank you very much from lies false John Psaropoulos joins me now via skype from oslo is paul messenian advisor at the Norwegian Refugee Council so over the policy months we have seen. Nearly merely a 1000000 Syrian Refugees being driven towards the border with turkey so a massive exodus do you anticipate that these recent developments could lead to a considerable movement of people towards year at. It is very uncertain and of course the primary concern now is that people being displaced and it lit do not have to move there which means the primary issue is deescalation and ceasefire. We need turkey needs to keep the border open if thats their only safety option and then in the european side we also need to contribute we cannot meet people seeking protection with tear gas and bullets and greece certainly should expect much more from its european neighbors. It should expect much more but its not getting the help that needs of either hearing from johns represented as ball star is bearing the bud and all this influx of refugees who are living and die of conditions on the island of false theyre not getting help they will they need in terms of such a rescue or the relocation of Asylum Seekers thats true and its very sad to have to conclude that greece big decision to where it is and with borders up through europe being closed the rest of us did not step up and relocate and particularly us weve seen from less force to take people in a crisis they had it to other European Countries so what we say is a standstill in many ways that for 4 years by European Countries rather than finding political and humanitarian solutions were looking the other way we havent been able to reach consensus within the European Union on associated countries and the refugees are paying the price. What does that mean for the situation of the people who already analyze balsa and the many people that might. Also be coming over because the land border is easier to control but the maritime border is a different thing. Yes its still very arms to what extent chickie will let people dress and how this will develop in the next few days and weeks. But europe should certainly be able to deal with still very low numbers and not leave it to the greek islanders the greek authorities to handle this on their own. This is not a new crisis we have seen since 2015 its been phrased 5 is that weve seen thousands of migrants coming over there living in appalling conditions why is it that the European Union con seem to come up with a credible in sharing agreement something that would allow Asylum Seekers to be relocated in accordance with International Law and the humanitarian rights. Yes its a very big step back so europe because in any major refugee situation you do not have complete consensus among all neighboring countries that never happened step by you depend on someone taking initiatives someone moving full which. Coming to the assistance of those countries that has the biggest burden and its this waiting for everybody else that has caused europe to stop its become very politicized its become very much a story of something being out of control which really isnt the case the numbers for europe very manageable and we really do need now some european politicians to step show which lasted for instance when 800000 came out of question when a week couple of decades ago and say we can manage this if we do it together thank you very much for sharing your insight with us appreciate it paul ness from the Norwegian Refugee Council joining us that from. Thank you now if following another story out of europe and this a major paris train station has been evacuated after protesters began lighting fires as demonstrators in paris have set fire to scoot says and cause. In protest at a concept of congo funny. It had previously had to cancel concerts because of demonstrations opposed to the democratic republic of congos government and we will try to bring you a bit more on that now that the train station has been evacuated but a bit more on all those developments in the french capital later on in the news hour now that we can get back to nic and. Marm yes thanks very much indeed the most ahead only news hour including. The worst shelling in weeks pushes libyas Peace Process to the brink well have the latest on the ground in tripoli. And find out why this 4 time Tour De France champion is on the lockdown and thats coming up with peta the sport. 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