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Are on their way to killing innocent civilians. dont do it. turkey is working hard to stop this carnage." we are back with the panel. alex, syrian policy, i was trying to get the defense secretary to get specific there. hes been a little vague over the past few months. >> yeah. the president has complicated matters for the u.s. thereby withdrawing american forces on that border region of turkey. the president didnt have any luck when he tried to warn the president of a nato ally, turkey, for inv...

Against a leader there and it failed to kill the leader it did kill his son. israel wouldnt comment on the report. it indicates a move against the leadership. here and syria. on the part of israel. why might that be? i havent spoken to military officials in the year and a half. they believe it can work in a way. and reach cease fire understanding. but not with islamic jihad. that is upsetting any sort of understanding. >> this is the worry. what this may trigger for the border region. also beyon...

The men who killed their relatives are animals. >> who opens fire on women and children? >> reporter: julian lebarron, a relative, was tasked with finding the families after their realized something had gone wrong. he discovered one of the mothers, christina langford, suvs. she was dead on the floor, her arms spread out. two gunshot wounds in her chest. in the passenger seat, her baby, faith. a gunshot had gone through the canopy of the car seat. >> we found the baby and underneath the car seat ...

Islamic radicals still controlled. it was an area right on the turkish border and right in that area where he was captured in idlib province and a lot of people here say there are still many other isis leaders after baghdadi. and this operation is continuing. just in the last few hours, the kurds have announced that because of this operation they have been following on and that they just launched an operation and successfully killed the isis spokesman. so once you start to pull the string on thi...

Was support among syrian antagonists of that regime and the regime of bashar al assad. it would prove a lot of people who had opinions about where al baghdadi was totally wrong. >> matt bradley, in beirut for us. he is mentioning the border with turkey. now to richard. you have been checking with sources who have some sense of what happened there last night. what are you hearing from the ground there of what happened and what that site looks like today? >> reporter: so i know this area. ive cros...

Violation of the chemical weapons treaty. >> numerous accusations of war crimes going on, turkey denies all of them. theres a lot happening on the ground and the feeling its going to get worse in the coming days. leland. leland: so we understand where you and your team are the situation on the ground. give us a sense, is there power there? food there? are the civilians where you are feeling safe or also thinking about leaving? >> most of the civilians have gone around here. there are 100,000 on ...

According to the commander of the formally u.s.-backed syrian democratic forces, turkey and its affiliates continue to quote launch attacks along parts of the border region. the syrian observatory for human rights also reports that the turkish-backed militias advance has continued. nbc news cannot independently verify that hostilities have resumed but turkeys erdogan told officials just yesterday that the offensive will continue against the kurds if they dont withdraw from the safe zone, adding,...

A political negotiated solution now russia which is not a member of nato has become turkeys closest ally in an attempt to implement a military solution as part of a deal struck between the leaders of turkey and russia they seek to create a buffer zone in the formerly kurdish held border region and german tornado fighter jets could be part of a greater international effort to stabilize the area this is according to a recent plan by a german defense minister and they could come she wants to take b...

Now, under this deal, what happens is if you recall, that area where the turkish incursion took place t 70-mile stretch between the towns, this area will remain for now under the control of turkey and its allied forces on the ground. weve heard from the ministry of defense here, you know, since the u.s. brokered cease-fire was launched, theres no reason because the kurdish fighters withdrew from this area. when it comes to the rest of the border region, the border guards along with the military ...

That only a couple weeks ago was scorned. >> harris: this coming after turkey struck a deal with moscow. for russian troops to help out patrolling the border region. the president says turkey could face major consequences if the new cease-fire is broken. >> we reserve the right to reimpose crippling sanctions, including substantially increased tariffs on steel and all other products coming out of turkey. we are now an economic powerhouse like never before. our competitors are not doing very well...