syrian air forces bombed. many places in syria but then that there are people that are going to prison and there's a theory now because the army the army i mean the army was and the defensive last was of the country and that the at back of isis and i that i forget that the groups that so this is this is shadowed in the media the role of al qaeda i forget that group and not that in syria and on the borders of lebanon and in southern syria and the role of isis in destroying syria and the east and the bad so now they are got to rid of most of those still some remnants and. need some cooperation with turkey and russia in order to get get that of what us at the in the gods of religion and. which is the. sham in syria so i mean the there is this should. be a cooperation between russia durkee in order to get there of the remnants of this these thought of going to. you know to a disease that they should they should meet with the with the turkish obsessions about the. y.p. . who are going to zation constitute an affair

the syrian flag visible from a distance flying over several rooftops the syrian army is on its march towards man beach to secure the town against a turkish attack. syrian television has broadcast triumphal news. and after we received a call for help from the kurdish people our troops have moved into the center of town but so far that doesn't actually seem to be the case video taken in man beach on friday afternoon shows an empty city with syrian troops nowhere in sight they are reported to still be twenty five kilometers from town to the north the turks and allied rebel forces are on the march towards town turkey has said it will never accept a contiguous kurdish homeland on its borders turkish president richard tayyip erdogan has held fast to his plans to invade northern syria. we have a clearly stated goal to teach the kurdish terror groups a lesson and drive them out of this region. didn't you. that goal may have just gotten much easier to achieve with washington's unexpected announcement that it's withdrawing troops from the area. the kurds have stood by the u.s. as allies in the

syrian although. the one in the country is president assad he's the dominant political as well as military falls and the three major polls have emerged turkey iran and russia and it's interesting and maybe for a lot of people frustrating the old west to put it this way does not play any major role in shaping the poles syrian post was hearing all and i would go so far as to say the post-war middle east. no role for the united states and no role for the european union i mean talk about the post war syria and the order that we could potentially be seeing now some people might say it's a power struggle and with that in mind and that potentially emerging might u.s. troops then decide to stay in the country no date has actually been set at the moment that without. difficult to say as we've seen over the last two years for the u.s. president trump is rather unpredictable so it might be the case that he's revising his defoliant decision all the decision of this week but as far as i can see the overarching goa

of peace and the only question remains whether any syrian government will ever deliver to the syrians what all human beings deserve which is their rights which is their freedom well misreads and i don't know if you are aware of that maybe disagree with my assertion but. i think from the russian point of view the efforts to mediate that conflict have been stalled for a number of years because of primarily the american and saudi administrations we demanded the departure of president assad as a precondition for talks you've been very critical. of the russian conduct but why are we never hearing any blame laid at the feet of the obama administration which for three years straight that refused to negotiate any political process in that country well i mean i don't know that it's really useful to anybody to. have a blame game competition we have to understand the origin of this conflict you make it seem as if it's just russia bombing the syrian people but it's far more complicated than that do you want me to answer the question or do you want to talk please go hat ok great thanks as i was sa

the syrian government deploys its army to a key kurdish held town to deter a kurdish attack, as syrian and kurdish back forces move in. damascus says kurdish forces requested it support. but where does that leave the kurds, whose main ally, the u.s., prepares to leave the region. tensions rise in the democratic republic of the congo ahead of sunday's delayed presidential election. opposition candidates call for a general strike. indonesians struggle to get back to daily life after last weekend's devastating t tsunami we meeeet one man w who made a living from the sea, but now the tourists who bought his fish are gone. ♪ helena: i am helena humphrey. another twist in the syrian civil war, as government forces offer support to the kurds at their request. the deployment of the syrian army comes ahead of a threatened turkish assault. while russia welcomes the move and russia -- turkey decries it, ankara is sending its defense and foreign ministers to moscow for talks. following the u.s. withdrawal of troops from the region. reporter: the syrian army is on its march to secure a town again

backs the syrian government has hailed the army's move. to produce is definitely a positive step toward stabilizing the situation. on the computer this trend to expand the areas of government control is a positive one going to be to them. as the diplomats argue over how to fill the void that u.s. forces will soon leave the fate of man beach hangs in the balance and may become clearer when turkey's top ministers meet their russian counterparts in moscow on saturday. and to discuss these latest developments in syria i'm joined now by international security analyst marcus calling good to see you at this the i'm not to talk about marcus let's start off them with the kurdish forces in syria why no apparent marriage of convenience with the syrian army i mean couple of days ago we were discussing the implications of the u.s. withdrawal from syria and today we have seen at least one meeting placate kings the kurds in all but here have lost their most important ally with them with withdrawal or no withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria and their fall

allow the syrian army says it has entered the northern city of mann bridge after a request from syrian kurds for protection but u.s. forces on the ground say they've seen no indication that claim is true the kurdish armed group the white b.g. says it feared an attack from turkey following the u.s. decision to withdraw all its troops russia has welcomed the move but syrian opposition sources have also told i understand there's no sign of government forces in the city the syrian army made the announcement on state television but it hasn't broadcast any images of its forces in man beach. based on the full commitment of the army and the armed forces to assume national responsibility for the imposition of the state sovereignty over every inch of the territories of the syrian arab republic and in response to the appeal of the people in. the general command of the army and the armed forces announces the entry of units of the syrian arab army to be and raising the flag of the syrian arab republic the armed forces guarantee the full security of all syrians and others who are present in the regi

i knew it was because thanks so much for joining me another twist in the syrian civil war as syrian government forces also supports to the kurds at their request. the deployment of the syrian army to the town of money comes ahead of a threatened turkish assault turkey sees the u.s. backed kurdish forces as a terrorist group russia is welcoming the syrian news but turkey has condemned it and encouraged now sending its defense and foreign ministers to moscow for talks on the shifting situation all this off to the surprise u.s. announcement that it's pulling its troops out of the region region the syrian flag visible from a distance flying over several rooftops the syrian army is on its march towards man beach to secure the town against a turkish attack. syrian television has broadcast triumphal news. after we received a call for help from the kurdish people our troops have moved into the center of town but so far that doesn't actually seem to be the case video taken in man beach on friday afternoon shows an empty city with syrian troops nowhere in sight they are reported to still be twenty five

on syrian soil but not on the syrian government's control so i think these issue was mainly how to deal with the problem of the p y d which is located in which and also in the east of euphrates do you expect anything to develop around the city of members in the coming days with both turkey and syria bolstering. militaries there. well i think there is a huge coordination between ankara and moscow and damascus as part of this coordination. all sides all three sides agreed that disarmament is necessary that the syrian government has to take over control of mom which this arming again on their land that this arming the the because turkey has here serious security concerns and the raisings you flags in which is a positive step but as all sides are asked on a process on the line it's a matter of syrian territorial integrity as well as the sort of reality of this country and the server indeed of syria does not accept the existence of formerly u.s. supported u.s. armed and u.s. paid armed groups so this bill be the topic of the next weeks or next days maybe. i think in the long in the short ter

killed by the syrian dictator. iranian forces and their allies. dictators are evil, whether they are religious or secular, royals or oligarchs, they are evil. so with that, mister president, i ask unanimous consent we proceed to consideration of calendar number 620, hr 167 that the committee reported amendment be agreed to. it will be considered red a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider, be considered made and laid upon the table. >> mister president. >> from kentucky. >> preserving the right to object, donald trump announced we have won the war against isis and syria. our troops are coming home. thank you, mister president. the syrian civil war is largely over, but syria is a mess and desperately needs reconstruction. these sanctions will delay and possibly prevent reconstruction of syria in the beginning of a healing time. now is the time for diplomacy. there are many actors including russia, iran, turkey, the us but this is the time for diplomacy and new sanctions. >> senator from idaho. >> with a

that is the hope for these syrians the hope for justice and a life in freedom. which beast how we can compete get a team that you have to stand up and just sit here. and then for this also i think it's very important just a somber count to build a town council shrub's just it's. right here in my son's court kids i hope for the truth of the league good to close a happy life shared it with my children and hope the source of my children and their children will become a friend achieving their dreams and love of life and really i. think that. i would not be if she's not. as i would think. it would not be my should perish in front of my. son. i pray maybe i should see that you're not my. impetus hoke of mine i think of my daughter. and so i wanted to feel comfortable in the future when she might ask me. this what did you do better than this has to come out on the fourth i want to be able to send an unambiguous message to my daughter now faced with and that we did do something massive mind off the shaken the soviet at first you must have been. why would x. and i will l

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syrian air force has bombed. many places in syria but then that there are people that are going to prison and end up here and now because the army their army i mean the army was and the defensive last was of the country and that the at back of the isis and i forget the groups that so this is this is shadowed in the in the media the role of al qaeda i forget that group in north and syria and on the borders of lebanon and in southern syria and the role of isis in destroying syria and the east and the bad so now they are got to rid of most of those still some remnants and. need some cooperation with turkey and russia in order to get get that of what us at the in the gods of religion and. which is the. sham in syria so i mean the there is there is should. be a cooperation between durkee in order to get there of the immense of this these thought of going to. you know to a disease that they should they should meet with the with the turkish obsessions about the. the y.p. . who are going to zation constitute an affair wi

kurdish units we welcome any connection with the syrian arab army we are the syrian arab republic and we would never accept an occupier either turkish turkish. also on friday turkish army vehicles were reportedly seen entering the northern syrian city of jr birth says trump announcement turkey has been piercing its military presence on both sides of its border with syria to the list is around forty kilometers from the city. the following day top diplomats and high ranking military officials from turkey agreed to coordinate with russia on the syria crisis after holding talks in moscow issues such as the fight against terrorism humanitarian problems on the return of refugees were all covered during the meeting russia's foreign minister focused on the work done regarding a new constitution for syria. it was. during the talks we specifically mentioned that russia and turkey for to supply chain of iranian colleagues did everything promised to create a syrian constitutional committee this is being done by our states as mediators between the syrian government and opposition and we hope that

as we know yesterday syrian state television declared announced basically that a syrian army entered man beach but after that kurds on the broad beach they reported that the syrian troops just amassed south borders of the city so it's still unclear whether the troops are in the city or around the city but anyways it's kind of some sort of things are in the works arbitrations or on hold because today. there is a important meeting between affording and defense ministries of russia and turkey in moscow ok that's a crucial meeting and then what will depend on it what do you think is likely to come of it. well in the first place i think that the bow of both sides russia in turkey they want to avoid any major light scale escalation on the ground so this is why both ministers foreign minister and defense minister came to discuss and try to reach a acceptable compromise. for all parties not only moscow and ancora but also for kurds for for damascus because the equation now is getting more and more complicated if we again if we take into account that americans really withdraw from from syria

of all syrians and others who are present in the region monitor has more. residents of town who we spoke to have seen any sign of syrian forces in the city but what we know is that syrian government troops been all outskirts all the countryside off where they were part of an international coalition that is fighting remnants of. this include the american forces withdraw french and other forces from other countries but those developments happened after an apparent normalization of relations between gulf states and syria bahrain has followed the united arab emirates and reopen its embassy in damascus this is coincided with the first direct flight from syria's capital. is the flight from damascus was carrying about one hundred fifty syrian lists in the democratic republic of congo general strikes being held in an opposition area excluded from sunday's presidential election workers walked out of the northeastern city of beni and police have fired tear gas at protesters and goma shortage of voting machines in the capital kinshasa concerning election organizers ma

that is the hope for these syrians the hope for justice and a life in freedom. now we can get a team that i have done for years in syria. and then for this also i think it's very important for somebody accountable it comes from sources. here including me myself for the kids i hope for those. bloody good to blow for a happy life short of my children i hope the source of my children and their children would become us playing catch up in her dreams of life and the like but. i can't get that. i would not leave just like. i could not leave my should perish suffering like i. said. maybe i succeeded if you're not look i missed her. inputs hoke of mine i think of my daughter. and so i wanted to feel comfortable in the future when she might ask me for this what did you do back this has to come out on the fourth i want to be able to send an unambiguous message to my daughter now faced with the time that we did do something matters my daughter shaken the soviet at first you must have been. why will act and i will live as a person has a bright side and no one has the right

of all syrians and others who are. resident in the region army commanders say troops arrived in mumbai john friday morning to fly the syrian flag over government buildings for the first time in six years without claims being disputed by people living in the united states military and the tech is competent it say's assad's forces remain confined to the countryside surrounding my sooty in we know that syria is making psychological effects a psychological edge in men we know there is a situation where they are in flag has been hoisted but there is nothing confirmed serious yet. peeled by city and cuts for help from the said regina is being seen as their first major concession since seizing control of lot and he has often wolfen and is considered and creating them any elf sell through when the tech is military and allied city and rebel fighters launched a ground offensive to take up to the majority cottage region of a free in almost a year ago the kaddish y p d militia fulfilled two months before heading to withdrawal to t

why did the kurds off the syrian troops to move into what did they want. she does far they have the support of the americans on the ground and because they could be used there they could use their presence as leverage to get some political goals achieved if not contiguous territory along the border with turkey then just autonomy which is a stated goal of the s.d.f. of which the white b.z. which is a kurdish force is a part of but when the americans said they would be leaving they haven't yet left but they've said that they will then the kurds need to lose that leverage and turkey says they will be attacking my bit because study doesn't want this thread on their border so who are the left with the kurds then reach out to the city in government and if you see the kurds had contemplated this to them and. out seventy two years of sit in conflict that meant in some sort of a tacit understanding the us out of us as we do you mention turkey what is turkey ultimately hoping to achieve from this situation. well turkey's national interests in the city and war if one

and the syrian army supported by the russian army. its sovereignty over its territory and this is what it's doing right now entering members whether by call from the civilians or by the kurds or not it is the duty of the syrian army to control the territory the syrians let me remind the viewers perhaps maybe it would be a good idea to remind the viewers that this issue of kurdish tension with turkey has been all along the case since more than twenty or thirty years and you know when the syrian regime was in full control in syria the situation was under control and it is not until the kurds made some miscalculations by you know going for this plan for change in syria that they created this tension in the north in their southern borders and on the borders between syria and turkey so now what is happening is that the russians are playing major part in. creating a certain step below. in the region trying to see if these these kurds can be controlled so that they don't pose a. security threat the syrian army yes or if we are to take in the

news alive when the syrian military enters a key kurdish held town to prevent a turkish attack a syrian and turkish baths forces close in the flashpoint town of man pages bracing for an assault on the syrian government says kurdish forces requested it's a poll. also coming up egypt says its security forces have killed forty suspected terrorists a day off for a deadly attack on the tourists know one of the country's most popular attractions . and bangladesh stepped up security ahead of sunday's general election we'll look at the two main candidates in buying some lead the country's one hundred sixty million people. a minute trips mckinnon thanks so much for joining me. turkey appears to be amassing more troops in preparation for a possible strike on syrian kurds turkish television station i h a has broadcast images of what it says is a large convoy of turkish military vehicles heading to the border with syria and curfews the kurdish militia in northern syria as terrorists and has announced a military offensive against them kurdish forces have been left vulnerable since the shock announce

the syrian army says it's entered the northern city of mended invited in by syrian kurds fearing an attack by turkey but the u.s. military says it's seen no evidence to back that claim the syrian kurdish alliance marks a major shift still weeks since u.s. president donald trump announce he wants to police troops out of syria or member it is one of the last remaining flashpoints of the war it has a strategic location just thirty kilometers south of the turkish border in early two thousand and fourteen i saw defeated local rebel forces and took control of the city in june two thousand and sixteen an offensive bank by u.s. backed coalition with the main armed syrian kurdish group the why p.g. read took man bridge and the surrounding region coalition forces including u.s. and french troops remain on the outskirts of manage but with a pullout of u.s. troops from syria why p.g. fears turkey will seek to drive them out ankara considers the wife e.g. a terrorist group i'm about to reports from the guardian tap near the turkish syrian border. syrian kurds say they're being forced to cut a deal with

welcome to the program the syrian army says it sent to the strategic city of man be a request from syrian kurds for protection the white b.g. theory is turkish attacks following the u.s. decision to withdraw troops from the area russia has welcomed the mood but syrian opposition sources say there are no signs yet of government forces in the city or turkey's president says the situation in monday's is still unclear. we know that syria is making psychological effects a psychological edge didn't we know that there is a situation where they are in flake has been hoisted but there is nothing confirmed serious yet i spoke with my friends with intelligent about an hour ago and there is nothing certain and aspirant ok so this is what's happened in syria recently on december nineteenth donald trump ignored pentagon advice and announced the withdrawal of all u.s. troops in syria about two. thousand have been training fighters against isis syrian kurds and u.s. allies criticize trumps decision some arab nations have normalized relations with syria both the us rain reopen their embassies in damascus

this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin the syrian army enters a key goodish town to deter a turkish attack damascus is it entered mom bitch at the request of kurdish forces anxious to prevent a bloodbath but is this the end of kurdish hopes for nationhood as a crucial ally the united states is said to abandon them coming up again since rise of the democratic republic of congo ahead of sunday's gilead presidential election opposition candidate scored for a general strike after a call to suspend voting in some of the key strongholds. and indonesian struggle to get back to daily life often last weekend's devastating tsunami warning that made a living from the sea but now the tourists are dorsets bourses fish are gone. hello and welcome i'm under thought she the syrian army says it's entered the kurdish health of mom bij returned he has threatened and a friend since the flashpoint town in the northern syrian region has been under kurdish control since they captured it from the so-called islamic state in two thousand and sixteen when turkish backed syrian rebel forces started m

this is the united states and the syrian democratic forces. we have a significant piece of syria that is now peaceful and stabilized, and isis has been thrown out of that part of syria. but the president's decision which was announced by a tweet is dangerous, premature, and wholly inconsistent with the facts on the ground in syria and our own military's advice. i was listening to senator rubio earlier today talking about what's the plan, what's the plan if we withdraw. well, i'll tell you what the plan is. there is no plan. there is no follow-on what are we going to do if we withdraw from syria. what we know is that the work of our combined joint task force operation inherent resolve and its partner forces, the syrian democratic forces, is truly remarkable. again, we can see it. we can see it in this brown section of the country where we have control and there is peace and stability. senator graham and i, when we visited this summer, we went to mambidge which was controlled by isis for three years. we walked through the market there without an

welcome to the program the syrian army says it sent to the strategic city of manby to request from syrian kurds for protection the y.p. g. theory is that turkish attacks following the u.s. decision to withdraw troops from the area russia has welcomed the move but syrian opposition sources have told al-jazeera there's no sign of government forces actually in the city where the syrian army made the announcement on state t.v. which hasn't broadcast any pictures of troops in man beach. based on the full commitment of the army and the armed forces to assume national responsibility for the imposition of the state sovereignty over every inch of the territories of the syrian arab republic and in response to the appeal of the people in. the general command of the army and the armed forces announces the entry of units of the syrian arab army to be and raising the flag of the syrian arab republic the armed forces guarantee the full security of all syrians and others who are present in the region so this is what's happened in syria recently on december the nineteenth donald trump ignored pentagon adv

they're all syrians inside the country. one of the challenges about syria is all of these people are inside and we are forbidden from getting in and actually looking at that time. what we tend to do is triangleate, and so if someone else misses it, someone else catches it. our partners themselves have their own third-party monitors , as well. and what happened is about a year ago, one of the third-party monitors thought that there was a problem that hts was diverting or getting usaid aistance -- u.s. aid assistance and they had it all at same time. by february, we found out that happeninge actually and we immediately suspended and ended those programs. in the northwest that's we now have three. that was one of the three programs that we have suspended. we didn't wait for the ig to come back with their findings and we immediately suspend while people investigate. what we have now put in place over the course of seven years is we've had to deal with different iterations in this difficult kinetic environment is we now have the

turkish and syrian opposition forces have control over a nearby neighborhood. and they sometimes fire it as. the u.s. forces are still patrolling but they haven't stopped. for now residents can continue their daily lives as normal but as the new year approaches the prospect of a peaceful twenty nineteen grows ever dema. and i'm joined now by international security analyst hines a show it's a welcome heins why is turkey so intent on attacking the kurdish fighters in man bijan and elsewhere bearing in mind that the kurds are the main force fighting the so-called islamic state. her lou you put your finger exactly on the dilemma that we have here of one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist from the turkish perspective the kurds are probably part of the p.k. k. which they call a terrorist organization that wants to set up a turkey a kurdish independence state and therefore form a turkish for interview that is an absolute no go and as a report rightly pointed out that the lines are being drilled with the spotlights will be different from the ones that we'

three syrian soldiers injured and also. in syria badly damaged now one of this is happening as tensions in northern syria continue to escalate we are hearing from various sources that have been called consumed by our sources on the ground that at least forty pickup trucks to tens lobbies and armored personnel carriers belonging to the syrian army have arrived in the province of money in northern syria now the area is controlled by the kurds and just last week the kurds did issue a cord to the syrian army to come and assist them our sources on the ground saying that these are seen as reinforcements and we understand that when the syrian force winds arrived they were welcomed by the kurds and the area was handed over but just a day before there was a turkish backed syrian fighter dispatch of both fighters and armored vehicles to the front line along man bridge so we have the situation on the ground gearing itself up for a confrontation we're hearing from and that it is preparing for a major offensive all of this coming hot on

government and the syrian arab army on syrian president bashar al assad because the syrian state is the only guarantor for the syrian people. who are list take this story to the middle east. is standing by in beirut good evening to you and charlie i want to pick up on that syrian lawmaker and ask you does the departure of u.s. troops from syria mean that syrian president bashar al assad has won the civil war in his country. well that is absolutely right bashar assad has won the war in syria barring groups that are currently president which is a serious border with turkey and the presence of the kurdish forces in the north east now the presence of the kurdish forces that meant something meant to be in opposition with the american troops and with the american troops now leaving means that. facing no real opposition except for the groups in it so it would be correct to say that he has won this eighty a low war. yesterday's announcement has reshuffled the geo political deck in syria and increasingly the entire region there are losers there are winners from this decision here is what the

the syrian army says it sent to the northern city of man bijan vining in vite it in rather by syrian kurds but the u.s. military says see no evidence to back that claim the kurds fear an attack by turkey when u.s. troops withdraw from the area the syrian kurdish alliance marks a major shift just a week since president donald trump announced a troop pullout or man bije is one of the last remaining flashpoints of the war it's located thirty kilometers south of the turkish border in early two thousand and fourteen eisel defeated local rebel forces and took control of the city. in june two thousand and sixteen an offensive by the main armed syrian kurdish group the y p g read top man bridge and the surrounding region why fiji is backed by the u.s. coalition forces including u.s. and french troops remain on the outskirts of the city with the pullout of u.s. troops from syria the y.p. g. fears turkey will move in ankara considers the y b j a terrorist group i have a doubt that reports from ghazi untapped near the turkish syrian border. syrian kurds say they're being forced to cut a deal wi

some form of closure he saw the syrian army. in the city. of syrian president bashar. but. now. tavis take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera a tsunami has hit indonesia killing at least one hundred sixty eight people more than seven hundred others we understand have been injured way through two and half a meter into misa high struck areas along the soundest straight between two of the country's biggest thailand's. demonstrations are due to get under way across sudan in the fifth day of protests against food and fuel prices at least ten people have died since the rallies began last wednesday. former british politician patty ashdown who was a leading figure in the polls and peace process has died from cancer at the age of seventy seven lord ashdown served as the un's high representative in polls there sick of ina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six helping the country to rebuild in the aftermath of the civil war of the nine hundred ninety s. . of the trumpet ministration is also another important national security ficca with the resignation of the u.s.

and threatened by turkey the kurds turned to bashar al assad for protection and the syrian army says it's now in control of the kurdish held city of monti but is it how would that change the dynamics of the nearly eight year long war and how will ankara react this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey the northern city of monday which is one of the last remaining flashpoints in syria's war and yet another example of the complicated syrian jigsaw puzzle it was under the control of kurdish forces but syria says its army is now in the city for the first time in six years at the invitation of the kurds u.s. backed kurdish group considered a terrorist organization by turkey there's an all out offensive on monday by turkish forces and that fear has heightened after president trumps shop decision to withdraw american troops from syria turkey and russia now say they have agreed on coordinating with each other to fight with they called terrorism and syria so why is monday just so important the city lies northeast of aleppo and just thirty kilometers south of the

arab republic the syrian kurdish y p g said it had asked for the syrian military to take control of turkey which sees the why fiji as a terrorist group has been amassing troops near its southern border with syria follows donald trump's decision to order a complete withdrawal of u.s. forces in the area leaving the kurds without its most powerful ally. nigeria to military bases in the fight for control around lake chad intense fighting in the. street. creased attacks on military outposts recently the main opposition in the democratic republic of congo is appealing for calm so the presidential election can go ahead on sunday just days before voting. to areas where polls are delayed until march next year protesters are angry over their exclusion. foreign minister has been demoted in a major government reshuffle ordered to step down following the international outcry over the murder of journalist. those were the headlines of more news in half an hour we continue with one o one east to stay with us. the week began with. a truce in the u.s. china trade. the world's largest supplier of liqu

forces from near the turkish syrian border however that are reports. of turkish tanks roll into syria. and korea has been bolstering its military positions along with southam border as it prepares for what it calls a full fledged offensive on the kurdish held city of mumbai is syria syrian rebels backed by tuckey are also on the move inside areas of syria under techies sway and along the eight hundred twenty two kilometer border between the two countries kurdish forces a miles from friday that had been forced to cut a deal with the regime of president bashar assad after they were abundant by donald trump or now nst the complete withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria a little over a week ago. here syrian troops deployed in support of cottage forces seen on the edge of mom bitch their deployment creates a government buffer achi a call small from syria which fully separates the tukey and its proxies from the kurds but they are yet to enter the city of money bitch as they claimed on friday. we haven't seen any movement of the syrian army in miami beach all w

syrian territories. for us it's a responsibility we have to take to secure syrian territory so. million syrian in our country. for them to go back to their country. and the people who live in syria and the brotherhood we have with them there is absolutely no way for them to feel secure other than our help. our corporation went to russia. and successful operations that we have conducted. we have. we have allies in the region. and the west side of writers but on the northern side of the greatest there is a terror corridor or is making us take in all risks so. it was in a position to take all risks the beginning of the syrian crisis and the diplomatic track we have with the united states. unfortunately it didn't reach the point that we wanted but now it did reach a point that we are pleased with specially in the period the obama period. problem. has been inherited by from. but now. it and also it's delayed. in the. face to face meetings and telephone meetings we do it with a trauma. at many points we agree. and we have same opinion and the last telephone conversation i had with him

syrian. into a new game and to delay any. political solution or statement do you think turkey can be persuaded not to attack the kurds who after all have been held in the fight against eisel over the years. yes i think everybody know that. i've been there about the fight against isis but again we we can see that don't you and us provide i says with. a with a logistic support. is a share the same as in the very using isis to achieve geopolitical gause not only in syria about in various that's why i think of all of this gave them. up to die to impose the political solution on syria before the liberation. before liberation of other areas that's why i think american withdrawal without any. i could remind with the russian or as we have a feeling government as is just light of that. to make the situation invest more difficult for syrian army. allies of the i think it's a success for syria for syrian government. given syria a strong position in potential negotiation and again it's an indicator. for the u.s. projects it's going to be

led syrian owned and un facilitate that political process in line with the decisions of the syrian national dialogue on groups and such as in the un security council resolution two into two fifty four five reform this strong commitment to the sovereignty of independence unity and syria the integrity of the syrian they're up republic and emphasize that these principles should be respected by all sides than geneva eighteen so of december two so that they do you think you very much for your attention. that was the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking in geneva where russia and russia turkey and iran have just said that they've agreed. to make efforts aimed at convening the first session of the syria constitutional committee early next year that is according to a statement that was just read out by the russian foreign minister back to james bay is joining us from the united nations so james this constitutional committee how much of it would be a starting point for actual political progress when it comes to syria. it could be but look at who is standing there the turkish foreign minis