attacked soldiers in southern turkey killing one soldier. but then in october in turkey's capital, ankara, a bomb went off killing 100 people. that is one of the deadliest attacks in turkish history. that is creating all sorts of new tensions in turkey particularly because of its relations with syria. joining me is andre barker, director of woodrow wilson center for scholars. syria's predicament is his book. that seems to be the most apt title for anything to do with turkey or syria today, turkey's predicament. turkey had a syria predicament because they had a native kurdish population that wanted its own state but now it's got a major problem that it is fighting the assad regime, it is fighting the kurds in turkey, and goes refugees up to 2 million of them who have come in through borders of the south of this country into turkey problems. what is turkey supposed to be doing about this? >> well, the turks have always wanted two things. one for assad to go and secondly for the syrian kurds not to expand their territory, not to get awe tom m a

more from our correspondent in southern turkey. what's happening there at the moment? how close are you to the fighting there? >> reporter: as you can see behind me, it is one of the mountains where there has been intense fighting between different syrian factions against the syrian army and there has been some explosions earlier today. apparently the syrian government is shutting those positions to reverse some of the gains. they have managed to control what you can see behind me. in aleppo i was talking to a top military commander who told me that this is a coordinated offensive against syrian government troops backed by iranians and also from hezbollah and iraq. he said in the past the syrian government managed to control 15 villages in the southern part of aleppo and that the rebels have retaken those areas and they're optimistic, they're coordinated, united, more weapons they're getting and it is a matter of time before they retake all of those areas >>> how significant is this latest game by the opposition forces in terms of the larger conflict in syria. >> repor

you have to understand southern turkey has become a kind of derek's for this revolution for this rebellion. in the summer of 2012 on ramadan i went to aleppo with the free syrian army convoy as parts of the city in the northeastern quadrant had been liberated from the assad regime and spent the night in a town about an hour's drive north from aleppo city. stayed with a family. the owner of the house was a syrian rebel. so did a few other journalists and the it was extraordinary because i had seen first-hand, it's one thing to open up "the new york times" or turn on "cnn" and see images broadcast from thousands of miles away but you really have to see it for yourself to understand the driving force behind this rebellion. it was amazing because at night these rebels put down their guns , picked up white gloves and garbage bags and for cleaning the rob pulled from the street because the assad government was bombarding civilian infrastructure. they actually target the hospitals in the town so any at the civilians are rebels who were injured were badly wounded could not be treated. so these guy

okay, we can talk now to our correspondent hasheem who is just in the area there southern turkey. so the spotlight has fallen on the turkmen of syria, hashem as a consequence of the downing of this russian jet. how can we sigh that they fit in to this mere yak of opposition forces that are working against the government of president am m al-assad? >> reporter: martin, the mountains that you might see behind me, i think there is nil mist covering the area, is exactly where there has been some constant shelling on tur turkmen fighterrers over the last few hours, the shelling is artillery shelling from military bases i controlled by the syrian government and where there is a russian presence, the reason they are pounding the mountains you see behind me is because the turkmen have been launching an offensive over the last 48 hours to control some of the strategic peaks. because of the intensifies artillery and the airstrikes, the rebels take over those areas and then they retreat and then they launch an offensive. the fighting has been going on for quite sometime. the rebels are launc

southern turkey became a barracks for the rebellion in the summer of 2012,rama dab -- ramadan, i went into aleppo as parts of the city, the northeastern quadrants, had been liberated from the assad regime and spent the night a town about an hour's drive north of aleppo. stayed with a family. the owner of the house was a syrian rebel. spent the night there, so did a few other journalists, and it was extraordinary because i had seen first hand -- it's one thing to open up "the new york times" or turn on cnn and see images broadcast from thousands of miles away but you have to see it for yourself to understand what is the driving force behind this rebellion, and at night these rebels put down their guns, picked up a white glove and garbage bag and were cleaning the rubble from the street because the assad government was bombarding civilian infrastructure. they actually targeted the hospital in the town so that any activist civilians or rebels who were injured or wounded could not be treated. so these guys -- it was extraordinary. they turned a mosque into a makeshift hospital and brought

hashem ahelbarra is in antakia in southern turkey. tell us about where you are, what you can hear and sea. >> i'm in an area not far from the syrian border. you might see behind me the mountains that syria, and that's where there's defensive fighting over the last 48 hours, syrian artillery pounding rebel conditions and they are trying to push it back. they now in control of the mountain and other areas. it's been a delicate situation. they are mounting a counter offensive back by russian fighters jets to dislodge the rebels from those areas. why the mountains? they are strategic, over looking the military post and villages composed by the government. >> if under the control of the government, we may hear the sound of military. it could be a blow to the government. so these opposition forces are saying that they managed to retake 15 villages, from what you are saying, the government is fighting back, and fighting back hard with support from russia. >> exactly. in 2012, the rebels launched surprise attacks, and managed to control half

hashem ahelbarra has the latest from southern turkey. >> in 2012, there was an attack. the rebels control most of the idlib. and in lat abbingia, all they do is reach to the peaks behind my. some of which they control. i have been talking to a senior members of the free syrian army. and they are reverting some. gains by the government. the big et cetera problem is the -- biggest problem is the concentration of the syria army. the opposition says it is confident that if manages to reunite a different military faction and get significant support from the main backers, like the europeans, like the turkish and like the saudis. they'll be able to repel the army. >> irani media reporting that a brigadier general with the republican guard has been killed in aleppo. he commanded the imam hussain battalion. dozens of fighters and senior commanders have been killed. they have expanded the role after the russian intervention. >> a shooting at a birth control clining killed three people. the spct is a 57-year-old. they were wounded in the standoff. >> the motive for the attack is u

the president is promising to press ahead against the kurds in southern turkey. we have more from istanbul. >> a spokesperson said that there could be a change in the governing system in this country from a parliamentary one to an executive presidency. now the akp party go 317 seats in the last elections. still they need more seats to bring the constitution to the referendum. now the president erdogan and also the ruling akp party said that erdogan was the first president to be directly elected by the government, and turkey deserves a new institution. >> the first 30 refugees located in greece are on their way to lucks a. the goal is to avoid making the corn by foote foot. the local prime minister said this is just the start. >> all five officials have had the opportunity to say goodbye to the first 30 refugees from syria and iraq, who are now having a chance to make their dreams come true. of course, we're fully cognizant and aware of the fact that this is a start. this is just a beginning, 30 given thousand who is have left home. they have to leave because of w

similarly, pretty good evidence some of it is getting into the black markets in southern turkey, some is make through turkish territory. i've not seen anything credible that's going into the official international market. it is being sold locally, refined in makeshift units and reaching people who have no other source of supply >>> two prominent journalists have been arrested in turkey. they work for the pro opposition newspaper. in may it published a video which it said showed intelligence staff smuggling weapons to over the border. it is said they were carrying aids. reporters without borders have condemned the arrests at personal prosecution. >> translation: we came to defend journalism and peoples rights to be informed, rights to learn the truth if the government is lying. we came to corroborate the governments should never commit illegal acts >>> a palestinian has been shot dead after allegedly ramming his car into two israeli pedestrians. it happened near a west bank settlement. the two israelis were likely wounded. 101 palestinians and 21 israelis have been killed since the lat

more on this from our correspondent who is in southern turkey. jew across the border. what do we know about this battle? >> reporter: free syrian army and opposition groups are coordinating attacks in the southern part of aleppo and they are trying now to reverse some of the recent gains made by the syrian government. the main groups operating in that particular area include al-qaeda affiliate al-nusra and another. they say they have control of new areas including a syrian million tray post. there are two main front lines in the areas. the syrian opposition is launching attacks against i.s.i.l. positions but also they're trying to reverse some of the latest gains made by the syrian government >>> it was only around six weeks ago, wasn't it, that the syrian government launched a major attack to secure this area and for the first time we are told we saw a very strong showing of iranian forces on the ground. >> reporter: yesterday they had footage showing what it says was an iranian officer arrested by them, al-nusra. the syrian opposition, the government. there has been

now he was arrested in southern turkey along with two syrian nationals. who police say were going to smuggle him across the border into syria. >>> muslims gathered in times square today to condemn the terror attacks in paris. the group american muslims for peace held a rally to show isis. and to share condolences for the lives lost in the paris attacks. organizers of the event today say isis and other terrorist organizations do not represent islam adding the violence needs to stop. >> we want to denounce them. we want to tell them they're criminals and we want to tell them to stop hijacking the name. and we want them to stop this and stop killing innocent people. >> demonstrators say every world leader needs to join the fight against isis and other terrorist organizations. reservoir may have located the victims of a plane crash in westchester county. that single engine plane went down in the titicus reservoir in north salem thursday. pilot val horsa and his wife are believed to have been the only people on board. they were returning to their home in danbu

in southern turkey, they have concentrated much of their targets on many of the kurdish forces that are nominally or at least associated with those forces that the united states is not only backing but depending on to take the fight against isil, particularly on the northern fronts in the fight against isil. so no shortage of players here. it's really just a myriad sort of quagmire and one of the ironies is president obama warning vladimir putin this wouldn't come to a good end. certainly some is being borne out now. in fact, there's a quagmire there, russia or no russian involvement. >> a lot of people warn it's only a matter of time by somebody's plane gets shot down. there's a lot of history to the turkish/russian relationship. >>> with only 17 seconds in question, turkey pulled the trigger on a russian jet. that might sound rash to some, but coming up i talk to a man that said turkey had every right to do it. >> welcome to al jazeera america. more reporters, more stories, more perspective. >> from our award-winning news teams across america and beyond. >> we've got global news c

now turkey has leverage over the americans for example because of the use of the air base in southern turkey for russia also because of you know its borders key areas that the syrian rebels control and the russians have been trying since they intervened more than a month ago to say to the turks we could ignore you and we could actually violate the air space of turkey and strike turkish allies in the region and syria and we have to emphasize that the sort of groups that the russians have benatar getting are turkish-backed groups more than any other group. >> okay let's talk about i.s.i.l. for a second and the conflict that's going to come their way in francois hollande has his way, he is in washington and he asks barack obama for more, barack obama says, no, we have given you as much as we can because we are offering more than anyone else, that is the line out of the state department this time yesterday. he then goes to moscow, talks to vladimir putin, try angulate for us what he wants with what he is going to get with what that can achieve. >> there are practical issues that complicat

turkey our barracks for the revolution but the summer of 2012 during ramadan with the free syrian army convoy hearing that the squadron was liberated in spent the night about one an hour north of the city. the order of the house was in serious trouble and spent the night there and it was extraordinary because i have seen firsthand to see the images broadcast from thousands of miles away but you have to do see it for yourself to understand the driving force behind the rebellion. because at night they would put down there guns to pick up a white gloves and a garbage bags to pick up the of rubble from the streets because assad was bombarding civilian never structure targeting of hospitals anybody injured or badly wounded could not be treated. was extraordinary they turn the mosque into a makeshift hospital in treating everybody militiamen even the pro-government fighters equally with the rebels lysol that with my own eyes. about six months later the town was completely taken over that i stated the house that i stated is now controlled by isis the family went into a turkey that i stayed wi

and then -- over southern turkey into syria and allow for the refugees in that area to have some safe space. ultimately, without the presence of ground forces it could be little done to prevent isis to continuing its ability to adapt to these air strikes. there's been another plan to try and get arab countries to put together a rapid deployment force of sunni arab countries and try to take hold of some of these areas with the iraqi army. that falls into the politics of the region, the broader politics of the region which has been a major reason of paralysis when it comes to dealing with the big issue of syria, how much of the arab world get involved and the international community get involved of trying to oust president assad. we know because of support to the president as well as the iranian support and hezbollah forces fighting on the ground that's not an easy thing to achieve and only make the situation worse in terms of battlefield dynamics. >> thanks for joining me tonight. really appreciate it. terror attacks in paris and beirut seem to represent an expansion. we'll look at whe

he was arrested in southern turkey. he is of moroccan descent. cnn turk also reports that two syrian nationals were arrested. they are accused of trying to transporting the first man into syria. >>> now belgium. all underground stations in brussels are closed today according to the public transportation authority there. belgium's capital is under the highest terror threat level possible. the country's prime minister spoke moments ago encouraging people not to gather in large crowds. sources a brussels faces a "serious and imminent threat." >>> back to our own max fosters live in paris this hour. certainly paris is regrouping after the terrible attacks. the focus on belgium now because the prime minister there telling people, as natalie mentioned, to stay away from large public gatherings, and there's a large investigation underway there. >> reporter: absolutely. major events have been canceled. the subway is being closed. that's where the crux of the investigation is. this is still a man on the run. fred pleitgen has been following this. this is

they're petsing ahead for the military campaign against the kurds in southern turkey. we have more from istanbul. >> a spokesperson for president erdogan indicated that turkey could have a referendum on the institution changing from a parliamentary to an executive presidency. now the akp party got 317 seats in the last election, and the party needs more sites to bring the constitution for a referendum. now the opposition parties will be happy that is the case because they say that will give president erdogan more power, and they're heading towards a dictator chip. president erdogan say he was the first president in this country to be directly elected, and the country deserves a new constitution. >> a program that moves refugees from greece to other european countries. the goal is to avoid the journey on foot. this is just the start. >> all five e.u. officials have today had the opportunity to say goodbye to the first 30 refugees from syria and iraq who are now having the chance of making their dreams come true. of course we're fully cognizant and aware that this is a s

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military aircraft flying strike missions over syria, an american plane in southern turkey, all now within the range of russian surface-to-air missiles. tom: thank you join for. -- joa jennifer. a investigation claiming that the crew mistook a hospital for a cume bowen tha com powngsd that was taken over by the taliban. the crew relied on visual discrypt scription -- description not knowing it was a doctors without borders hospita hospital. >> we're coming right back. >> russia is escalating the conflict in middle east, moscow is sending more military hardware into syria in response to turkey shooting down of a russian warplane. major general bob scales will join us next. >> scores of protest are flooding downtown chicago in wake of a fatal shooting i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inha

he was arrested at a hotel in southern turkey. authorities also arrested two syrians on a highway near the hotel. it is believed they were sent by i.s.i.l. to secure passage for the belgian into syria. adam rayney has more. >> reporter: more than a week after the attacks here in paris people are starting to take more stock of their feelings and their emotions surrounding these attacks. of course, there's still a lot of sadness, a lot of sad vigils like the one behind me where people are visiting across the city, but you're hearing people question authority more, people saying they expect more from their government, as we found out. >> translation: united in grief and celebration, people continue to pay their respects at more than half a dozen vigils looking for community, support and solidarity. this sign says, we are united. just around the corner signs of a new reality, constant surveillance, relief for some, concern for those who prize freedom above all else. >> having in 1984 type of world which nobody wants, vulnerability is

and then -- over southern turkey into syria and allow for the refugees in that area to have some safe space. ultimately, without the presence of ground forces it could be little done to prevent isis to continuing its ability to adapt to these air strikes. there's been another plan to try and get arab countries to put together a rapid deployment force of sunni arab countries and try to take hold of some of these areas with the iraqi army. that falls into the politics of the region, the broader politics of the region which has been a major reason of paralysis when it comes to dealing with the big issue of syria, how much of the arab world get involved and the international community get involved of trying to oust president assad. we know because of support to the president as well as the iranian support and hezbollah forces fighting on the ground that's not an easy thing to achieve and only make the situation worse in terms of battlefield dynamics. >> thanks for joining me tonight. really appreciate it. mpblt terror attacks in paris and beirut seem to represent an expansion. we'll look

he was arrested at a luxury hotel in southern turkey. authorities also arrested two syrians on a highway near the hotel. it is believed they were sent by i.s.i.l. to secure passage for the belgian into syria. way is the mood on the streets there today? -- what is the mood? >> it's interesting you played that national an them a moment ago. you hear that a lot right now in paris across this neighborhood, the neighborhood that was most touched by those attacks, several bars and cafÉs attacked that night last friday a week and a day ago. people are still gathering. there's a sad mood but defiance, people going out more. there's also increasingly the willingness to criticise some leaders too as we found out in this report. >> translation: united in grief and celebration, people continue to pay their respects at more than half a dozen vigils, looking for community, support and solidarity. this sign says, we are united. just around the corner signs of a new reality, constant surveillance, relief for some, concern for those who prize freedom ab

military official confirms the russian warplane crossed into southern turkey. two f-16's intercepted the plane, standing with the french president at the white house, president obama said turkey has the right to defend its airspace. >> it's very important for us to understand that the russians and the turks are talking to each other, find out exactly what happened, and take measures to discourage escalation. >> reporter: turkish authorities released this map. u.s. forces heard multiple warnings issued by the f-16 pilots to the russians on the guard frequency, and emergency frequency in all aircraft. >> we were able to hear everything going on. obviously, these are on open channels. i'm sure there are others who heard it as well. >> reporter: both russian pilots ejected from the plane after it was hit. a syrian rebel group claimed it shot the pilots as parachutes descended. one pilot is dead and a russian marine was confirmed to rescue the pilot. showing a fighter a u.s. toe anti-tank missile as russian forces approach the crash site in northern syria. russian p

military official confirms the russian war plane crossed into southern turkey. two turkish f-16s intercepted the plane. one fired a sidewinder heat-seeking missile. a weapon normally fired at close range. standing with the french president at the white house, president obama said turkey has the right to defend its air space. >> i think it's very important right now for us to make sure that both the russians and the turks are talking to each other. find out exactly what happened. and take measures to discourage any kind of escalation. >> turkish authorities released this math, showing the path of the russian plane, u.s. forces heard multiple warnings issued by the turks to the russians, on an emergency frequency. >> we were able to hear everything that was going on. obviously these are on open channels. i'm sure there's other who is heard it as well. >> both russian pilots ejected from the plane after it was hit. syrian rebel group claims it shot the pilots as their parachutes descended. the russian government confirms one pilot is dead. and a russian ma merine w

coalition with assad, and fighters who want to declare a homeland in the southern part of turkey. >> the assad state is fighting kurdish forces, and to the extend that they can bring the kurds to heel, that's something in turkey's interests. >> reporter: turkey is also reeling from last month's twin suicide bombing at a pro kurdish peace rally in ankora, that killed 100 people, to which turkey blamed on isil. >> reporter: of now, given the claim that russia has violated its airspace recently, there's no word on how it may have played in the decision to shoot down the war planes. >> patty with us, french president, francoise hollande came to the white house to meet with president obama about escalating the fight against isil in the wake of the deadly attacks in paris. there are new details in that. and belgium has issued an international arrest warrant for a suspect named mohamed abrin. he was seen at a gas station, and the french prosecution revealed the name of the attacks. and the man who stayed in the apartment has been charged with terrorism. more on the two leaders meeting and m

what has been driving markets events in southern turkey with the a plane being shot down and the war of words between russia and turkey. you are looking at the e-mail he's -- e-mini's overnight. you saw the drop in the futures after we got the headlines. quite a bit of volatility sense then on the commentary that has come out back and forth between the two nations. as analysts try to extrapolate for thes will mean commodity markets and the european union and nato. a of talking about these repercussions of what has happened. in terms of how this is being felt another aspect passes, i want to look at the etf for russia and turkey. a selloff in the etf's that track the markets in those nations. offre seeing this risk scenario. also watching in their currencies. the japanese yen on the rise. interestingly enough, the euro .as gained as well it has been an interesting reaction to what has happened. >> let's look at oil for a moment. whenever there are geopolitical tensions in the middle east, we see a response in oil. julie: we do, because there are concerns about supply. oversupply is on

similarly, pretty good some of it is getting into black markets in southern turkey probably making through turretish territory-- kurdish territory. that is not going into the financial international market. i think it's being sold locally and refined in makeshift units and reaching people who have no other source of supply >>> thank you for that. you're watching al jazeera. still to come in this news hour the 71-year-old chinese journalism who has been freed from prison. donald trump has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. in sport, with just hours away from the first ever day-night test match. a 71-year-old chinese journalism imprisoned for leaking state secrets has been released on medical grounds. gao yu was freed after pleading guilty in a closed door appeal hearing in beijing. she was jailed in april after being found guilty of sending an internal communist party to a chinese language website in the united states. al jazeera's adrian brown reports from beijing >> reporter: gao yu is not the most prominent in china, but certainly well-known. her appeal against her conviction o

turkey has become a barracks for this revolution, for this rebellion. in the summer of 2012, actually was ramadan i went into a love with a free syrian army convoy just as the city or parts of the city of the northeastern quadrant have been liberated from the assad regime. and spent the night an account about one hours drive north of aleppo city. stayed with a family. the owner of the house was a syrian rebel, spent the night there, so did a few other journalists and was extraordinary because i had seen first hand, it's one thing to open up the "new york times" or turn on cnn and images broadcast from thousands of miles away but you really have to see it for yourself to understand what is the driving force behind this rebellion. and it was amazing because that night these rebels put down their guns, hiccup white gloves and garbage bags and were cleaning the rubble from the streets. because the assad government was bombarding civilian infrastructure that actually targeted a hospital in the town so that an activist civilians are rebels that were injured o

which would start with imposing a no-fly zone over turkey -- sorry, over southern turkey, into syria, and then allow for the refugees in that area to have some safe space. but ultimately without the presence of ground -- little done to prevent isis from continuing its ability to adoap to air strikes. there is another country putting together a rapid air force, sunni arab countries in the thousands, with the help of the iraqi army, but that falls into the politics of the region. the broader politics of the region which is a major reason of paralysis when it comes with the big issue of syria. how much of the international community gets involve without ousting president assad and we now know because of support to the president as well as the iranian support and hezbollah fighters fighting on the ground that is not an easy thing to achieve and would only make the situation worse in terms of battlefield dynamics. >> all right. amann mohyeldin, thanks for joining me. >>> beirut expanding isis reach in syria and iraq. we ceil will see if we are seeing a fundamental shift in isis, next. (vo)

we have a report from southern turkey. >> reporter: syrian rebels on the offensive. marred by divisions and short of weapons, they are advancing on the city of aleppo. many armed factions have established a joint command center. this video appears to show them attacking government military posts in southern aleppo. the armed group al-nusra front is taking part in the offensive. its fighters played a significant role in the push to capture the village here. the syrian rebels say government forces are backed by thousands of fighters from iran, iraq, and hezbollah. >> the strategic of syrian army is to cut the highways, you know, not to take over aleppo as a city. i think the city is still divided and they have to go to the eastern side. >> reporter: behind these mountains is another major frontline. government troops have been shelling these peaks, which were recently captured by turkmen fighters. these mountains overlooked the city of latakia. one of president bashar al-assad's strong holds. his troops backed by russian planes are trying to secure the area. but as the

border. >> turkey's hopes of joining the europe union have been weakened by a critical e.u. report. it says the judiciary has been undermind and freedom of expression has been curtailed. turkey rejected the report as unfair. many turks already believe they may never be allowed to join the e.u. >> too big, too poor, too muslim, the words of a former e.u. commissioner just before turkey entered into formal talks for entry into the european union, a statement that helped set the tone in the 10 years that those talks have now dragged on. the latest generation of turkish students at the e.u. are more pragmatic than enthusiastic at the prospect of membership. >> it is the biggest partner of the turkey and the trade, but i think that's all. i really don't believe that turkey can become a european union member. >> i believe it was the e.u. who blocked the process in the first place. there may be various reasons for this. one may be turkey's huge population. there is a debate about its culture. is turkey a european country or not? >> i really want turkey to be an e.u. member. i see e

nearly 170,000 entered slovenia since mid-october when hungry sealed it southern borders. >>> turkey's hopes of joining the european union have been weakens be a critical e.u. report. turkey has rejected the report as unfair. but as bernard smith reports, many turks believe they will never will allowed to join the e.u. >> reporter: too big, too poor, too muslim, the words of a former e.u. commissioner. a statement that helped set the tone in the ten years that those talks have now dragged on. so the latest generation of turkish students are more pragmatic than enthusiastic at the prospect of membership. >> it is the biggest partner for turkey in the trade, but i really don't believe turkey will become e.u. member. >> translator: i believe it was the e.u. who blocked the process in the first place. one reason may be turkey's huge population. there is also debate about its culture. is turkey a european country or not. >> translator: i really want turkey do be an e.u. member. i see it as a way to advance democracy and human rights, but when we look at our current foreign policy it doesn't

that is the subject that has dominated the g-20 summit in southern turkey. >> mike viqueira live from turkey, thank you. >> mike lyons is our national security contributor here at aljazeera america. mike, there have been attacks or beheadings by isil affecting france, u.s., canada, turkey, lebanon. why isn't the world at war against isil? >> you know, it's difficult to get the world altogether and find one common enemy at this point. happens, you know, maybe let's say world war ii, but you still had an axis and another side that happened there, as well. all these countries are still feeling it internally, haven't felt it come to their shores yet. the u.s., paris has, france has. >> you cannot kill an ideology with bombs. i think that's safe to say. someone says that the war, we hear talk about war from leaders, the most isil recruits there are. >> you could argue that world war ii did kill fascism and stop naziism, but it was combined with a military still bound bying. >> rove. it gets back to the question of whether or not it's important that we take the land away from isis, whether

part of turkey depending on how you draw that border. and threatening the turkish grip on the northern part of syria. and turkey has responded by shooting down a russian aircraft. now, russia's put in stronger antiaircraft system there. and in northern syria. so it's a standoff militarily, it's a standoff politically. and at this point, neither side wants to escalate the rhetoric or the fracture because both sides are playing very complexed, nuanced games. >> huh. so standoff for now, but is this a prelude to something else? you underscore russia and its air strikes there in northern syria. just on the turkish border, but do you see retaliation by russia on turkey proper in any way? >> well, not yet. not military retaliation. but what you can see is there's economic retaliation. there's diplomatic retaliation. and this, of course, is embarrassing to turkish president. on the other hand, turkey's received strong support from president obama and nato. but no one wants this to escalate. instead, turkey and the united states would like to se

it went over a tiny strip of southern turkey according to u.s. and turkish officials for maybe 17 seconds as it was maneuvering there. didn't take too long, two miles, was that justified to do that? did turkey do the right thing? >> well, i don't know. we'll have to get more facts to know if this was justified. this was part of a pattern. if this had been the first time they had gone into turkish air space, i doubt this would happen. this has been going on for quite skp and not just in turkey. russia is flaunting international law and been sending submarines into territorial waters. there have been many instances where they sent aircraft into air space and putin is trying to provoke nato by going anywhere he wants to go. it's part of the pattern. if this had been the first time a russian airplane went into turkish air space, you wouldn't have turkey react this way. it's happened frequently and turkey warned russia about this. the response basic and russia has done and russia needs to stop doing that not just in turkey but places where they should

just another day at norfolk southern. >>> turkey military just released an audio warning that fighter pilots issued to a russian jet before shooting down the russian war plane along the turkis turkish/syrian boarder. this comes hours after the rescued co-pilot said there were no warnings from turkey before his war plane was shot down. now, in this audio recording a voice is reportedly heard saying, and i'm quoting the recording, this is turkish air force, you are approaching turkish airspace. change your heading south immediately. change your heading south. russia's foreign minister says this, that turkey's downing of its war plane tuesday appears to be a planned provocation. russia says it will -- on syria's coast less than 30 miles from that turkish border. let's take a listen to the audio recording. >> i have sitting next to me in paris cnn international's hala gorani and reuters' david rhodes. so david, let me actually begin with you. hala, i know you spoke with the prime minister of turkey. david, let me begin with you. it's almost like this he said/he said situation. nato is inv

turkey. their >>> their bodies were found on friday. this is the first time isis has claimed responsibility for an attack inside turkey, but there have been five attacks linked to the group where investigators have believed the group was responsible. that includes the ankara bombings on october 10, when more than 100 were killed. who trained in syria who carried out that attack. >> phil, are these killings the evidence of strengthening. >> i think i see a broader problem here, though, wolf. that is in the internet age, and isis is the first extort of terror group to effectively use that, facebook, twitter, et cetera. i can see them identifying, whether it's north america, europe, in this case turkey, simply tells sympathizers to take out activists. if you're an activist, you have to look at this as not only an indicator that you're in isis sights, but local sympathizers who nay not have ever traveled for training, can identify you, and be inspired and might take you out of. >> general, the vi

and i reached out to contacts in southern turkey and other parts of the region looking for any women who had been inside isis who could tell me about, you know, the women who come from the west that go in inside. that is how i came across these women and discovered how extraordinary their experiences were and the story we don't hear about much at all. >> we don't at all. and the interesting thing was there was choice. terrible choice. they chose. joining what they call the organization as isis is known in raqqah. they chose as a means for survival for themselves and for their families. >> that are exactly right. in talking to them i came to understand how people of raqqah, unless they fled, it was very, very difficult to get by even, you know, without in some way collaborating or coming to some kind of accommodation with the organization with isis. money was scarce. even basic services. taxes. if you could imagine what it is like if a mafia has a complete stranglehold over a town. that is life in raqqah for them. >> their lives changed so dramatically, drastically, as though this dar

in antalya which is a southern coastal city in turkey. one of them a belgian national named ahmed dahmani and two syrians as well. here you see some video of the three of them being taken into custody, formally taken into custody today. they've been questioned over the past couple of days. dahmani was found at a luxury hotel. the on two others were found on a street nearby. dahmani was believed to have sqope ed scoped out the areas around the paris attacks and the tw others were sent into turkey to escort him back to syrian territory and isis territory, erika. >> thank you. >>> turning to mali where the media arm of the militant group has released a statement claiming responsibility for friday's hotel attack. the death toll from that violence is now up to 22 according to u.n. officials. we are in mali's capital bamako today, what is it about the new claim? what are we learning in that? >> reporter: well, erika, not sure whether that claim is accurate or not, of course, they will be trying to figure out who exactly is responsible for this.

in order to prevent, further incident on turkey's southern border, not border of any othe otherring border. >> comments of nadim baba. >> so explicitly stated that the u.s. has data backing up turkey's version of events on november the 24th. saying that the russian plane had there was this joint press conference, between davutoglu, and it' its air space at the sae time, welcoming turkey's efforts to reestablish direct contact with moscow and deescalate the situation. certainly to be fair to ankara, there are some efforts to deescalate the situation but at the same time it is not clear what those contacts are. they seem to be pretty much severed right now. >> six policemen accused ever causing the death of a young black man in baltimore, freddy gray, his death brought riots to the streetle o streets of balti. john terret is in the street of baltimore. how are they building the prosecution against the police? >> reporter: hey david, good afternoon from a fairly rainy bloarp about the back story, freddbaltimore. the back story, freddy gray died on a way to a baltimore police station. now we h

we have a team in jordan and another team in southern turkey. it's a disaster assistance team who, in turn, have local partners who work inside. so, there are no americans or international staff inside syria. >> and are the workers inside, is it basically food and medicine? >> it's actually quite a bit more. food and medicine are a big part of it. but it's also helping to repair water systems. sometimes it's an underground school. working, building capacity of local councils. we've trained hundreds and hundreds of first responders who are like the fire department in a number of cities. inside syria, they've been a huge thing. they're independent. they're volunteers. >> madame chair, may i ask another question or wait for another round? >> go ahead. thank you, miss frankl. >> if you all have an opinion, i would like to hear what your opinion is of -- what would happen if we wouldn't -- if we were not doing this aid? and what does that mean not just to the humanitarian part of this but i think what a lot of people don't understand is that a lot of

we have a team in jordan and another team in southern turkey. it's a disaster assistance team who, in turn, have local partners who work inside. so, there are no americans or international staff inside syria. >> and are the workers inside, is it basically food and medicine? >> it's actually quite a bit more. food and medicine are a big part of it. but it's also helping to repair water systems. sometimes it's an underground school. working, building capacity of local cnc

syria, or in southern turkey. so there is definitely a cost there. but i think it's one that the europeans are willing to bear and are willing to try to get turkey to keep bearing. >> i think that brings us to the end of this very interesting discussion. i think what happens in turkey is very important for obviously u.s. strategic interests in that region. it's very important for the neighborhood of turkey as well. turkey was kind of the economic gross engine for some of the neighboring countries for years. and what happens in turkey impacts neighboring countries as well. particularly our region caucus in central asia. so we'll be watching this issue obviously. hopefully we'll have chance to bring you all back to discuss what happens in turkey next couple of years. and with that, i would like to thank our audience for being here this evening and participating and asking questions. and we'll see you all, at least some of you next week for our next forum on november 18th. thank you. [ applause ] >> the florida repub

they believe he scouted -- he was arrested in southern turkey after traveling from amsterdam. officials say he wanted to cross into syria. we're joined live from paris. max, authorities are still looking for the eighth suspect who was involved in the paris attacks. >> reporter: yes. it's believed he's headed towards brussels. he could have a suicide vest as well. that's what the reports are suggesting. great deal of concern here how he managed to get under the wire of all of the security officials that were around at the time here in paris. that terror alert level in brussels is separate. they have had separate confirmed -- the precise information as they're putting it about a possible pairiris-st attack on brussels. people weren't out and about as they normally would be on a saturday night because the restaurants, the bars all closed down early because of this concern about people gathering and causing congestion which would possibly be a target. so such concern there in brussels after what happened here in paris. we can go to drew griffin who is there. what do you know about

violations at the scene of turkey doing more to keep the refugees in turkey. and also with some social cost you have what are mostly syrians coming into the communities of southern turkey so there is a cost but it is run the europeans are willing to bear to keep turkey. >> this brings us to the end of this interesting discussion. it is important for the neighborhood of turkey as well. with that economic growth engine and what happens in turkey so we will be watching to discuss what happens in turkey the next couple of years to reduce the pay and asking questions [inaudible conversations] >> we have a justice system not held according to what we would be considered modern lot. not yet in place and there were no lawyers at the time. the core river is the extremely unruly place so to prosecute witchcraft. >> the interesting part of the accusations is that wealthy merchants bessie captives were accused to be witches. all the victims are female we do have five male victims so in addition there was so much misunderstanding that is important to dispel. posal. this is

so it was flying over an area in southern turkey north of the syrian border by about 30 miles and again both sides are giving their own story of it now. there is going to be gun camera film from the f-16s if they in fact did shoot it down. there's going to be radar traces of the russian airplanes to show exactly where they were. >> general, they were warned ten times. that sounds bad. only in the space of four to six minutes. what is a pilot supposed to do in four to six minutes if they're already in the wrong airspace? >> that's a lifetime for an aircraft pilot going at about 300 or 400 knots. what they do is they turn around and they head back out of turkish airspace. you're talking about 30 miles in. they could turn the aircraft around and get out of that airspace but it appears from early turkish indicators that they remained in the airspace and continued to maneuver there. again, the aircraft tracks and the gun camera video will show this. ten minutes in pilot time or six minutes in pilot time is a whole long period of air time and airspace they could move out of the area. >> that'