How does the Nobel Committee pick decide who is the most qualified person to receive the prize. This is a very secretive process so we dont really know we know that there were over 300 nominations this year for the Nobel Peace Prize but they dont make those public for 50 years clearly a lot of the money at the bookmakers have been on gretta dont bug and her. The way shes resonated on the climate issue in the last year and climate hasnt been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for some years that is sometimes one of the things they do they focus on a specific area that needs the worlds attention for example last year it was Sexual Violence in conflict with dennis macwhich of the congolese dr no idea. The campaign or other years they look at International Organizations and weve had organizations like the e. U. For example given the Nobel Peace Prize in the past what i think weve seen see here is something that weve also seen a pattern of which is a development an Important Development in terms of world peace but at an early stage and i think what the Nobel Peace Committee will be hoping here is that by giving this prize to Prime Minister they can cement the gains that have been made in ethiopia and the peace between ethiopia and eritrea Going Forward we will i think in the next hour get reaction remember of course theyll be important african reaction and remember that ethiopia is the seat of the African Union as well so reaction from their reaction to expected very shortly from the United Nations very early here in new york but thats not a problem for the secretary general antonio good terrorists he is on the same time zone as the Nobel Committee currently in copenhagen were hearing from his team expect reaction soon all right thank you very much indeed for staying up extra late all getting up extra early game space our diplomatic editor in new york. Bell so that have a closer look than that who Prime Minister. Is the reports Prime Minister ahmet was sworn into office in april 2002. Since then the 43 year old former Army Intelligence officer has launched a wide program of political and Economic Reforms such as ending state monopolies and allowing private sector competition in industries such as telecoms aviation and power his biggest success so far was the peace deal with neighboring eritrea and ng in nearly 20 years of military stalemate following their 2 year border war in june last year the Ethiopian Government agreed to hand over control of the disputed border town of bad me to eritrea until then if you appear rejected the International Boundary commissions ruling in favor of eritrea amid some predictable style isnt popular with all if yo peons the most open stressed him the only problem they have but i have now is that they wanted the change to happen immediately. We have a lot of economic problems in this country were a lot of the economy is growing very fast the amount of expenditure thats going into infrastructure has been at the expense of livelihoods he played a central role in the violence fight against illegal land grabbing activities in there or a mere region 4 years ago the government stopped a controversial scheme in 2016 but disputes continued and resulted in people being killed that fight is seen by many as boosting its political career hes from there or rumor tripe if you o. P. s Largest Ethnic Group which spearheaded the protests to force his predecessor to resign an assassination attempt 2 years ago failed to stop his Development Plans for ethiopia. And activists a military Intelligence Officer a land grab opponent an unpredictable politician a peace maker and now abi adamant can add Nobel Peace Prize winner to his list of accomplishments or such a bari al jazeera. So the Prime Minister who has been named as the recipient of this years Nobel Peace Prize lets move on to other news now and iran is investigating while nor possibly 2 explosions on an oil tanker off the coast of saudi arabia tehran says the vessel could have been hit by missiles the ship was damaged but its crew reported to be safe and theres been no response from saudi arabia the u. S. Navy the says its monitoring developments closely lets go live to tehran and speak to our correspondent there in the saying this is a curious incident isnt it because the iranians are investigating what is obviously been an incident on one of its oil tankers but the situation has stabilized and the suggestion seems to be that this could have been an attack. Absolutely theres a few developments that have happened in the past few hours let me 1st give you a sense of what the government here in tehran is saying weve gotten the 1st official government reaction to this incident the Foreign Ministry spokesman a bus moussavi issuing a statement just about a little over an hour or so ago in it he said as you say investigations are being carried out by irans National Oil Tanker Company and they show that this tanker was targeted close to the eastern corridor of the red sea he said it was twice with approximately half an hour between both incidents so really confirming things that we already know he said the situation is under control no personnel were hurt and its hanker a stable and he said over the past few months some other destructive actions were taken against iranian tankers in the red sea and investigations into involved factors are underway he also said all responsibility of this action including the environmental pollution is on the shoulders of the perpetrators that are carrying out what he called dangerous adventurism he said that investigations are ongoing in the results of those investigations will be made public when they are complete now what this really tells us from the side of to iran is that they believe that these were external events that happened not accidents on board and that is key to understand irans mindset of course we know that in may of this year around april may of this year there was an incident involving another tanker that had engine trouble it sent a distress call and from that call it was then towed to jed the port where underwent maintenance now that was an issue of maintenance not an external attack or we know from the Foreign Ministers comments now that iran does see this as some sort of external event that took place that has incapacitated this vessel right and its also very significant that that this incident apparently happened off the coast of saudi arabia very close to the port of jeddah it would appear and of course anything that is that connected to the shipping of oil around this area is going to have dramatic impacts upon the markets. And thats exactly right this is not only going to upset the markets people in the area will be concerned about tensions being inflamed even more and the global capitals with concerns in this region will certainly be taking this incident very seriously let me just give you a sense of where this ship is at now from what we understand the managing director of the Iran NationalTanker Company has said a few things he said the ship was given no assistance but he didnt make clear whether or not there were any distress call sent he also said to exit the red sea the ship will be changing course presumably it was headed to deliver oil to syria the ships that go through this space are known to do have done that in the past this is the route that they take and he said that to change course it will be happening in. A short amount of time now what we do know according to tracking websites for oil tankers the ship is now said to be reportedly heading to learn rock and island off the coast of iran shores it is an island in irans part of the gulf waters and we know according to local reports quoting the National Company that the vessel is presumably since it started moving again it is once again leaking oil so they are trying to get that under control no doubt but once it started moving again it seems as though the leak started again now the Tanker Company has denied reports that there was ever a fire on board this vessel theyve also denied saying that missiles that may have struck this came from the direction of saudi arabia so still things are moving and information is still coming out to a slowly all right now zain thank you very much indeed im sure that well be getting back in shortly. Now turkey is a military offensive in syria enters its 3rd day Turkish Forces and its rebel allies are now 8 kilometers inside northeastern syria the military says 15 villages have been captured and that its taken control of a kurdish checkpoint and set up a military base one turkish soldiers been killed and the Defense Ministry is claiming that has killed more than 270 kurdish fighters since this offensive began on wednesday well the nato secretary general has urged turkey to act with restraint in this military offensive yen soderberg has been meeting the Turkish Foreign minister may have lowered chevre sooner in istanbul is due to meet president at one later in the afternoon i shared with him my serious concerns about the ongoing operation and the risk of the stabilizing the region splitting tensions and even more human suffering why your house digital and security concerns are expect turkey to act with restraint we have a common enemy harsh a few years ago they controlled significant territory in iraq and in syria working together in the Global Coalition we have liberated all this territory millions of people these gains must not be jeopardized are they so to demolish our correspondent there at that meeting in istanbul and jamal has made a key phrase that we heard there from the end sultan berg was the fact that turkey has legitimate security concerns but the nato is urging turkey to act with restraint. Indeed the Surgeon General being very diplomatic in his statements there are also acknowledging as you mentioned turkeys security concerns but also as expected from International Diplomats when there are issues of Armed Conflict there is always a stress on restraint in protecting civilian lives lets break it down to see exactly where the control of our shore contentious issues are martin turkey on its part says that its National Security interests are threats from 2 separate. Avenues lets say one is the what they consider terrorist organizations namely the kurdish affiliated y. P. The rather the. Affiliated kurdish separatist fighters the y p g p y d as well as the socalled Islamic States on the other thread that is from the over spill of refugees that has been ongoing for several years now more than 3000000. 00 being inside turkey and even more that could come in if some sort of safe zone is an established as they say on the other hand nato members have expressed their concerns with regards to turkey going off to the kurdish separatist affiliated groups there because they view them as a partner in the fight against turkey says you shouldnt differentiate between terrorist organizations all forms of terrorist organizations are bad and this is where there is some sort of contradictory message because whilst the nato secretary general said he supports turkeys stance and their concerns with regards to the security threats and also stressed on turkey significant role in the fight against the socalled Islamic State and its role within the Nato Alliance members have already said that they will be discussing imposing sanctions on turkey because of its incursion within syria and here this is where the turks have been angered and gone as far as saying that this is hypocritical from allies who through the in fact be standing by them but instead are essentially walking against them all right jamal thank you for that. And his temple. Now to south africa were a court has ruled that the former president jacob zuma will stand trial for alleged corruption hes accused of taking bribes from a french Weapons Company in exchange for 180000000. 00 government contracts this all happened in the late 1990 s. Its lawyers that argue that the case was politically motivated and should be thrown out for me to miller is our correspondent whos been at the court in pietermaritzburg. The Court Judgment was handed down in under 2 minutes and jacob zuma was in and out of cotton in just a few minutes the court had decided that jacob zuma will indeed stand trial thats due to Begin Next Week oh but its also worth remembering that the former president does have the option to approach the Supreme Court of appeal to appeal this judgement and perhaps further delay his day in court which is a huge cheer said for a long time he wants to have the opportunity to do but its at the same time hes also tried to delay the Court Appearance ultimately wanting that trial sold out essentially jacob zuma should be back in court with him the week however its not quite certain just how long that trial will take and when the South Africans will have answers will a case that has been going on now for almost 15 years aside of from this court case and the charges of corruption fraud and racketeering jacob zuma does face other allegations of corruption during his time as president of south africa and thats culminated in whats being called a commission of inquiry into alleged corruption the former president also having to answer questions there while that commission is ongoing. The president trying to hold his 1st Campaign Rally since the democrats launched an impeachment inquiry against him is accused of pressuring ukraines leader into investigating his democratic rival Joe Biden John Hendren records. Thousands of protesters calling themselves whistleblowers greeted President Donald Trump in minneapolis demanding his impeachment the the the largest crowd of demonstrators in recent months turned a chant trump and once reserved for Hillary Clinton back on the president. It was trumps 1st round since an inquiry into impeachment proceedings began on ship. Temper 24th 3 will feel that trying to support the values that are going to come and support donald trump i think its a raw deal. Surrounded by thousands of supporters of his own in one of the longest speeches of his presidency trump fired back in his latest assault on a favorite target former Vice President and democratic president ial rival joe biden he was only a good Vice President because he understood how to kiss Barack Obamas ass. Speaking in her own Congressional District trump portrayed minneapolis own ilhan omar as the face of the Democratic Party how to hell did that ever happen i did a how i didnt. Charge griswold and obama isnt america hating socially how do you have such a person representing you in minnesota im very angry at you people right. Outside protesters and trump fans were a picture of a nation divided this is the gauntlet that the president s fans have to walk past thousands of n. T. T. From demonstrators in order to get to the rally. For impeachment going there with. It came hours after f. B. I. Agents at washingtons Dulles Airport arrested 2 soviet born men who were linked to the president s attorney Rudolph Giuliani over alleged Campaign Finance violations the 3 are shown together here on a social media post well hello mina crna leading the cheering crowd inside the arena was the man who would be president if trump were impeached Vice President mike pence in a state the president narrowly lost in 2016 and hopes to win in 2020 they want to own race your vote like it never existed they want to erase your voice and they want to race your future. But they will fail because in america the people rule again. Outside in the liberal bastion of minneapolis or are. The calls for his removal from office grew louder john hendren aljazeera minneapolis. All right lets have a look at the top stories here that are just sarah nato secretary general has urged turkey to act with restraint in this ongoing military offensive in syria the u. N. Says more than 70000 people have been displaced since the operation began on wednesday i shared with him my serious concerns about the ongoing operation and the risk of further destabilizing the region escalating tensions and even more human suffering why church your house the gypsum its security concerns are expect turkey to act with restraint we have a common enemy dollars a few years ago they controlled significant territory in iraq and in syria working together in the Global Coalition we have liberated all this territory 1000000 so people these gains must not be jeopardized within the last 30 minutes or so we have learned that the ethiopian Prime Minister ahmed has been awarded this years Nobel Peace Prize is being recognized for ending the conflict between ethiopia and eritrea over disputed border territory. The norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 to ethiopian Prime Minister are being asked mode of lee for his efforts to achieve peace and International Corporation and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring every tree on. Iran is investigating an explosion on one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia irans National Company says the vessel may have been hit by 2 missiles the ship was damaged but its crew is reported to be safe for a trip today those are the latest headlines for us here at aljazeera coming up next its one i want to. Thank you philippines president roderigo deterred a selfproclaimed the war on drugs has been blamed for thousands of alleged extrajudicial killing fields. Now on the island of negroes hes launched another bloody war against a communist insurgency. But many say in reality its a Brutal Campaign to annihilate his critics. If the death toll mounts 101 east investigates ditto todays new. Its. True he was standing right here and this store owner was sitting right there were at the scene of a targeted killing and just suddenly. This this mothers act stop over there and face them and called out his name they knew his name was being the only laws they said banned and then banned look at that. So we usually ramoss husband was gunned down outside the shop late one night in november last year this is the 1st time shes returned. I could not really find the strength to come back and see where he lied for us life. Is so mad i dont know i feel so sad i feel so. Just really and with. Ben ramos was a human rights lawyer his wife blames president ditto days government for his death plus the state for since. Taking the life of a person was very innocent. Has been very supportive the farmer says since its not an answer. The island of negras is known as the sugar bowl of the philippines. The hundreds of thousands of hectares of kind fields concentrated in the hands of just a few politically powerful plantation over the. Decades of exploitation of farm workers have fueled support for a communist insurgency. Its karela group the new people zomi or n. P. A. Is based in the remote mountain areas and is recognized globally as a terrorist organization. In november last year president a target declared a state of emergency on a grass ordering military and Police Reinforcements to the island to launch operations against the new peoples army but human rights organizations accuse state forces of not only targeting insurgents but carrying out extrajudicial killings of those pesetas to pose a political threat to the government what do you when you when the. President to turtoni has openly called for the killing of human rights activists as well as roy is who represent those accused of being n. P. A. One of the young human rights are you and b. Still going a little. Well spirit. If they are of up being just them. Since he came to power in 2016 there have been at least 87 alleged extrajudicial killings of peasants human rights advocates and lawyers only grow silent. Its treated this way and that their discovery meant the systematic attack and political persecution of activists clarice acing soon zahra over rez and belle ramos as we know you are all human rights workers take on cases of extrajudicial killings for befitted charges arrests. In april this year photographs of the 3 women appeared on a poster of more than 60 people branded as fronts for the new peoples army. The phone number to report sightings of them is for the local police in me as they are saying that people are and be should be killed and should be killed and its its really serious just 2 people on the poster are already. At only bad he she is husband was the 1st to be killed and. Then in april this human rights advocate and city councilor was shot in the head while driving his motorbike. After each killing clarice or in zahra received Death Threats saying they be next. We know that its part of the state to harass and to saul fear so that we will be silent and stop their work. This movie shows the 1st village that we organized way back in 1904 people say year ban passed the bar exam and so this was a community that see firsthand lives in the late eightys government reforms was supposed to redistribute land to peasants the congresswoman who owned the plantation here refused to comply. Been a new in geo late a full year legal battle for these families connected. At the event bang was that for a number to get to someone somewhere and make a bundle settlement in a much better manner without an add on this that and since his death the foma say the governments trying to force them to disband the collective that become a setback and demand one be one man woman and of a sad im enough of an only guess im not alone in a bentham me where make an amends and sit in the middle of that nobody said since yes i see people based on. Their need been how most but i say yeah the whole being on the dole that someone had lost ability to do that month would say. God. In the months leading up to bens death he shifts it is a local military Radio Program intensified its campaign against him claiming he was recruiting for the n. P. R. Then you know toiba 20. 9 farmers were shot did with high powered weapons as they slept in a field were been gave legal advice to the families and also members of the Sugar Workers federation who were charged with the mood is. This a get a 9 massacre happened in the north of the us and of course a lot of people there knew the killings for state sponsored so we were discussing what kind of case because fire and so and i are them anything. Less than 3 weeks after the massacre. Was dead. So i have here the autopsy report that was done by the commission on human rights one bullet hit his heart and came out and. They said of the gunmen this really a very very professional. Its really a hit and. C. C. T. V. Cameras captured they get mad and after the shooting wearing a hooded sway talking on the back of a motorbike one man she saw this. It was an extrajudicial killing you know because they dont speak for he was killed he was already being surveyed of money apart by the Intelligence Officers of the music that so he told you that he told me that and with here and i saw how he was being surveilled. He she says the intimidation hasnt stopped with the husbands mood on the playing ploy of military titled his funeral convoy and allegedly threatened the mourners with a pistol who will later charged with posing a growing threat. Since then they have been more Death Threats some of our staffs have received. Coffee and she says the military continues to stalk them as they try to do their work you can see in this speech that while we were conducting the mission tree man who are all covered just came in took pictures. And they were just standing right next to the military. These people are Intelligence Officers coming from their cars really scared me a lot because the way they they dressed up with this child and i would just seem to loathing that the gunman nearest when he killed us. Major general polonia is a spokesman for the president S New National tosk force to end communist conflict despite widespread Media Coverage of bin ramoss moodle he says hes not familiar with the 11 month old case we have to investigate we have to have Philippine NationalPolice Investigate this. And we have to make sure that the the guilty amongst the armed forces among members of the armed forces would be cross with the dogs and so youre not disputing that perhaps attorney Benjamin Ramos was targeted by state forces. I dont know but like i said were going to help in this investigation to make sure that these theres a are theres a fair amount of judgment thats using this investment was. About calling c. G. On the west coast of the island protesters take to the streets to demonstrate against the mounting deaths of civilians in counterinsurgency operation 50000000000000000000000000 over as from the recently formed n. G. O. S defame a gross defies the deference against her to document eyewitness accounts of the killing its even in some major us we still have interest the gate the case says Human Rights Violations because we believe that the person is an authority the one know it and the rest and killings if this a very clear that its the police who killed those victims was it over. 7 17 year old sheila may assume and her family fled their village soon after her older brother who was shot dead by state forces its. She says she no longer goes to school because shes being watched. In the evening at a safe house. I must. Go horribly again when Police Arrived to the home early one morning in december last year. That 5. The legacy. That my young. Son to see our. Son long as. None of it. Was. Sheila maes brother jesus a suit had turned 27 on Christmas Day just 2 days before he was killed he was a construction worker and the main breadwinner for the family. His mother do you know was working in the fields when she heard the gunshots and ran back to the house. Go up full bucket. Im not poor. And you know i know. Im with you on that. And. Being on the. Do you was arrested and taken to the police station. By. Cecille its a person. On a. Similar name it. Can you. She alleges the police placed a gun in front of her and then asked her why she hadnt. Been up in. Buckets pumping. Will love. It. Or you. Dont i am. Do you are no family no living in hiding scattered across the country fearing for their lives. Then when love. I mean by. Human love begin to. These women also want justice but a skin theyll be easily targeted if they show their faces or their Family Members were killed on march 30th by a joint military and Police Operation out of the 37. 00 homes searched that day 14 people ended up dead. Steve our public was a motorcycle taxi rider who according to his mother and sister had been labeled as n. P. I. They tell of how it was still dark when police barge through the back of the house early one morning get there or how many months it all began as the bomb was. Not a full all day long when i did a lot of doing your bit as i go off to the bottom of the long haul out of about my sickness i think steve was sleeping on the 2nd floor again i said not all the last months at mohawk and one of the human. Beings are there with a bottle is the real one now nags at a concert which is. That all. A while again he. Bought a purse. The autopsy found that steve was shot 4 times in the id chest and twice in the abdomen. Mans husband was also a motorcycle taxi rider a chairman of a local branch of a transport union she says he too had been labeled as n. P. R. A but he insists he had no connection to the rebel group he has seen among. Our. Police dont look at hud look at all so you know what i know what hubble. When the Police Arrived early in the morning of march 30th they served a husband with a search warrant she and their 4 year old son were beside him in a fantasy land. I dont want to lay. Me again so i believe you know police. By setting out. In 16 that. You know not only will you not only be married with. Me by law once a year. She climbs a sister then saw 2 policeman planting guns in the laundry. On long scenic. But i am in my own chilling but i am even in pain. But i think up in the spot that being only you know what i mean. Meanwhile her husbands body was hastily removed you know what and it. Was then long. Past but the thing. About. The now for me. Its more than 6 months since the husband was killed and police are yet to give her a copy of the search warrant but even if she had it man says she wouldnt take legal action until i only. Made me. A mountain down but it. Wasnt and thats something human rights worker Clarissa Singson admits makes it difficult to see justice even though we have witnesses and we have documented strong evidence in court we cant fire because theres no weakness this will win brave enough. Because they fear for their lives because we cannot ensure to see if their security we can even ensure our own safety and security the essence of this National Force as a spokesman for the president s anticommunist hospitals Major General polani dismisses the familys fees as it in mission of guilt those who are trapped are probably hiding something those who are present are probably members of this underground mice organization hes steadfast in his view that those killed for back there would be killing if there are no resistance armed resistance so thats what happened i think that doesnt the direction of the investigation the result of the investigation and we would soon come out and you can you can check but when we did hala cases where witnesses say there was no resistance he denies any knowledge of them just to be clear some of the alleged atrocities that ive raised with you today were saying that youre hearing things for the 1st time yes many of go what you said we have heard personally ive heard for the 1st time it should be because. Must tell you that there is no such thing as a state sanctioned killings no but there have been media reports on this i mean how did you not know if this is the 1st time that i heard this indeed it. In the newspaper they dont serve and. In many of the reports are to be read darwin the sources because the major specially the mainstream. Dominated by these super picard groups in the in the present and maybe even. Todays are over as hes taking us to kindly own city in the heart of nicholas when most of the killing us of a could in july for political figures were gunned down the whos responsible is still unknown it had that effect that says nothing to stop. That in the future oh my god that. Many logs are believed these c. C. T. V. Video of the july killings busy piri similarities to official operations conducted by state forces they did not identify themselves but. That means almost the same as its lag the the needle carried dong. There is a fully armed man you know dead differently because i think you are wearing fascists and they have these high power and fire arms riot yeah that it seems there are so many blasts and they are just out. In the heart and. The end of the freedom. The operation took little more than 5 minutes the c. C. T. V. Cameras around the family compound triangle in the driveway and on the god station but unfortunately there were non that captured the entrance of a house just a short walk away. According to his Family City Council love Pramono Holland dodi was killed as he came out of his bedroom the autopsy found 23. 00. Gunshot wounds to his body were free to be left on the house red long leave the n. P. A. But the rebels deny responsibility and the family who now fear for their lives tell us they dont believe with the killers they say the counselor helped pull families in the mountains but had no involvement with the rebel group this anonymous different was sent to a Family Member after the killing accusing them of supporting the n. P. A. It warns you are the next target and while the president is in charge your name will not be a raise from the least. Around the corner from the 1st murder is the home of another victim this time the local council chief his son is also worried about his safety and doesnt want to show his face or afraid im. Afraid because you do not know me so i resign a nice. Werefor in. The walls by the skulls from m. 16 bullets my father got out of the stall and go through the window. Would be when he opened the window it was a thing he was shot and where was he shot in his face and you see the space. It goes all. Over but. The side of you. From here its believed the gunman drove north to another city with a killed 2 more people but the big question is how did such a large convoy of armed men get through the Numerous Police checkpoints in the area. I dont know how to explain it but. Let me tell you again that really the government is not or does not condone those things and thats going to be part of again the commitment to you to the people of beggars that we do our part in making sure that they conduct the investigation properly sort of we will be able to pursue the criminals so you will us personally make sure that their investigation because i mean there are many who say you know it has all the hallmarks of a state sanctioned killing no there is no such thing a state sanctioned. Its the same as the. News drug problem i think they say its just the states im sure theres no such thing what kind of government will sanction this misgivings what. People you get hurt especially if their base over systems. But just the same the government is sincere in making sure that theres just peace and justice is being served. But for usual ramos and her children theres been no justice. This is a hopeless. First me a lot. Not to find justice. Then theres just one. Of the 87 farmers and lawyers and teachers were killed because of this counterinsurgency insurgency. And all of us all of the 87 have not got them and justice. Business updates. Going places together. Business updates. Going places together. Aljazeera. Theyre watching the news hour life. Coming up in the next 60 minutes shared with. The. Kurdish fighters in syria. Thousands displaced by the fighting. Irans Foreign Ministry. Has been attacked off the coast of. There are reports it may have been hit by missiles. And ethiopias Prime Minister wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his democratic reforms and Regional Peace efforts calls it a victory for his people. Hello we begin the news hour with the latest on turkeys military offensive against kurdish fighters in Northern Syria the nato chief has just spoken hes calling for restraint well Turkish Forces are now 8 kilometers deep into syrian territory and they say theyve captured 15 border villages and a kurdish checkpoint is under their control that circus troops have also set up a military base between 2 border towns cutting off a road that connects them all the fighting has so far killed 15 civilians and the Turkish Military is reporting the death of one of its soldiers the Defense Ministry is saying that more than 270. 00 kurdish fighters have been killed well according to the u. N. More than 70000 people have been displaced so far and if the fighting continues 300000 are expected to be homeless well the unfolding humanitarian crisis was discussed at the u. N. Security council and some e. U. Members are considering sanctions on ankara the nato secretary general has expressed concern but the Turkish Foreign minister is defending the operation lets cross over to our correspondents in kosovo clue who is joining us from istanbul so sent him talk us through exactly what was said by the nato chief and the Turkish Foreign minister. During nato secretary general sort of break has been actually very diplomatic and very kind when especially expressed that the nato understand truth is security concerns are totally legitimate and there is no other nato ally than turkey that has been exposed to suffered from terrorist attacks as turkey this is what he said but he said that turkish turkey must act with an restraint during this military operation because he said that the common the common enemy of all those countries are that. As i saw so thats why the counter eisel of peroration shouldnt be and the gains of the counter rice will operate shouldnt be jeopardized this must be the priority concern he said that we understand turkey we support 30 turkey is in the fall is in the front line of a very dangerous zone which in which also threatens nato allied countries as well but a he underlined he emphasized that Turkish Military operation should be should be conducted within strains he referred to the civilian casualties and other things and as i said that the gains during ice account rice will operate shouldnt be mr than to jeopardize this was what he underlined and i asked him a question whether they have ever assessed by p g p y d as a threat to nato ally he said that the nato doesnt have a public list of what they call terrorist organizations but interestingly Turkish Foreign minister stated something he said that didnt do in a so assessment documents p y d y p t was assessed that as a terrorist threat to nato countries but suddenly he claimed that some countries led by the us in the came together and took this took theres a set. Assessment from the documents this is what he said that was interesting but i can say that both sides understand each other just the Turkish Foreign minister emphasize that we need more than understanding we need solidarity from you as a nato ally country how does nato think about the p y d n y p g and its affiliates sion with the p k k in the nato assessment documents and i would like to ask whether the nato has ever assessed the pew id and why p. G. As a terrorist threat to nato or point any of its members thank you. Natal does not have a public least the way we least different organizations terrorist organizations some older and or National Organizations have that kind of list for instance the un or e. U. But nato does not have that kind of public least very least terrorist organizations we fight terrorism in all its forms on all its manifestations and we do that together in a tone we do it in the Global Coalition to defeat the harsh nato all nato allies home in part of the Global Vision all the way and that we have made enormous progress in the fight against darvish the largest illiterate darshans a common enemy and therefore we need to make sure that the gains we have made are not jeopardized we also have to remember that nato is presence in. In countries like afghanistan or iraq its also about fighting terrorism and we strongly believe that the best way of fighting terrorism is to train local forces and that will to that is what we do in afghanistan and in iraq and again turkey is an important part of that turkey is one of the lead nations in afghanistan and we highly appreciate the contributions from turkey to nato is efforts in the fight against terrorism when it comes to the situation not on syria and also why p. G. There is a well known fact that there are different views among nato allies nato is not present on the wrong in Northern Syria but we are a part of the Global Coalition. And we continue to fight terrorism but not on the ground in Northern Syria career that there. All right says sin and cos of all blue i believe weve lost communications with our correspondents and im from istanbul but lets not cross over to shes joining us from a collie thats on the turkey syria border and were now hearing from turkey that theyve captured a number of villages as the operation enters its 3rd day. Yes that operation that air and ground operation entering its 3rd day a lot of military activity on a number of fronts along the border and that is why turkish authorities move the media away from the border and the military activity is focused around 2 key Syrian Border towns the towns of tel aviv and it seems the initial objective of this military operation which of course was confirmed by the Turkish Foreign minister is to create a safe zone within the territory within the territory between these 2 towns 120 kilometer stretch of land that will extend 30 kilometers deep inside syria so the turkish army capturing a number of villages. Populated villages but now they are close to surrounding these 2 border towns and close to storming these towns but the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces are putting up a fight now the Turkish Foreign minister giving us an idea on what the objective of this operation at least in its initial stage and like i mentioned a 120 kilometer strip of territory 30 kilometers deep which reaches the m 4 highway a strategic highway that connects syrias east to west the biggest question is what happens next is there an understanding with the United States on what comes next because the u. S. Military only would drew from the territory between and tell or will further discussions be held when the turkish president visits washington next month and meets u. S. President donald trump himself hes offering to mediate between the f. M. The turks there has been no reaction from the turkish government but maybe the United States might try to find some sort of a deal to keep its troops to limit the scope of operations the Turkish Military operations and allow their allies to maintain a presence but nothing is clear for the time being ok with an update from actual color thank you. Meanwhile russia has expressed concern over the fallout of the operation on ice or fighters in syria for more on this will bring in suboxone from moscow and this is a concern thats been shared amongst many in the International Community and now president putin has added his word on to that exactly and its definitely a different tone than we have been hearing in the last couple of days actually yesterday Sergey Lavrov the foreign minister basically sort of said that the russia was always understanding about the security concerns of turkey had sort of endorsing the operation but now for the 1st time a lot of input in has come out saying that he has doubts that can control the situation and prevent these i sold fighters from from fleeing and from going abroad to other countries and of course thats a main concern for russia because russia has one of the largest contingent of eisel fighters in syria the 2nd largest Language Group is its russian among the eisel fighters so he was very worried of course that these fighters would come back to russia or go where many of them are from back east and chechnya as. Areas here in russia and some of them actually have been repatriated but theyre all women and children and the men are still held in prison so of course this is a concern that putin has and its interesting to see because in the beginning it seemed that russia was playing this more a wait and see attitude looking at what is actually doing but now maybe there is a bit of concern that this operation is going to be further than than russia was hoping it would be yeah itll be interesting to see russias position step because so far or at least when the Turkish Operation had started russia remained relatively silent on it. Yes exactly and what weve been seeing in the last couple of days were all these these statements about the trying to create a dialogue a dialogue between turkey and syria and thats what. Also has been saying and a dialogue between the kurds and syria as well and of course russia has been playing a huge role in syria so it would be in a good place to create this kind of dialogue but nothing is going very well for russia at this stage because syria and syria has already made clear that they dont want a dialogue with the courts so and we havent been hearing after the statement yesterday between baghdad and moscow there was an agreement that they want to Work Together to create this dialogue we havent heard anything after that there hasnt been any official announcement if any contact has been made between turkey and syria so theres a lot of concern or growing concern i think at this site as well now ok stuff awesome thank you heres whats coming up on the aljazeera