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And the consequences have been devastating. the consequences for civilians inside syria have been devastating. and the consequences for the civilian population along this bord border, which further to the east incidentally is members of turkeys kurdish ethnic minority. so you have relatives on both sides of the border coming under fire. they are also extraordinarily worried. and its very unlikely that this conflict is going to remain neatly contained to just this border region. >> arwa damon on ...

Peoples homes apartments tell lieschen by kurdish militia y p g it appeared to be no casualties well the grenade came in here he says the fridge was destroyed and the grenade went straight to the other wall and it. in northern syria tens of thousands of people have left their homes international criticism of turkey is growing daily on friday the u.s. defense department said that turkish forces had fired on american troops in the syrian border region and pretty nice this washington has threatened...

And its a victory for assad and iran and russia. im angry at turkey, but lets be honest why its happening. president trump gave them the green light to do this. gillian: by withdrawing troops from the border region? >> ironically that decision was made at the same time as he announced that we were sending thousands of troops to saudi arabia because the saudis were paying us money. so the saudis pay us money and the kurds nearly pay with their lives, with blood to fight with us to defeat isis. wh...

Kurds, the rest are syrian arabs. i spoke to a commander of those forces on monday. he said, were disappointed the u.s. has decided to leave the border region, knowing the turks are going to come in. he said that u.s. military officials he had spoken with were also disappointed in the decision but were carrying out their orders. he said the sdf will not back down, they will fight the turks to hold onto an area that they see as their own territorial area. there are sdf families who live in that r...

Long years in defeating isis. it comes after president trump signaled a green light to pu turkeys president in a conversation with the president. nbcs matt bradley is in irbil, iraq, close to the syrian border. nbcs courtney kube covers national security and the pentagon. matt bradley, to you first, what are you hearing from the syrian kurds this hour and from your sources there in turkey? >> reporter: the latest that were hearing from the syrian kurds is that the first casualties, two people ki...

Is no longer, as tom points out, and matt bradley pointed out, and courtney, their priority is not going to be to defend and protect that camp and keep those people contained. their priority is going to be to fight the turks. >> yeah, and thats only one of the rotten consequences of all this. the old gag says, theres good news and bad news, well, give me the bad news first. the gag is theres almost no good news. the bad news will be for united states and american interests. kurds will fight alon...

Rumblings of a humanitarian crisis and a refugee spillover. so were starting to see people fleeing from that region that turkey is now pushing into. and as you know, andrea, refugees, internally displaced people, thats been the story of syria for the past several years. so to see that happening once again with a fresh humanitarian catastrophe, thats not good for syrians, its not good for kurds, but its not good for anyone else in the middle east, the entire region, because countries neighboring ...

Consultation with our allies, no consultation with the kurds, the sdf partners, who have been our partners, side by side, absolutely essential in the defeat of isis, in taking away the so-called caliphate. they were at raqqah, the syrian capital of isis, and took it back. theyve been our absolute critical partners. they are the only force i know of that can stabilize this region. and what weve done now is given a green light to the turks to come in and fight directly against our allies here. you...

And not just in this region but in other regions as well. the kurds may say that they can come up to the border and theyll phyfight toe-to-toe wit the turks. but were not going to fight the turks air to air. were not going to drop bombs on turkish formations that are attacking our allies, the kurds. every possible thing that can happen here, every single one, is bad. and thats not even mentioning the humanitarian crisis here and the release of all or most of isis fighters who have been pent up t...

Anniversary of justice brett kavanaughs confirmation to the supreme court by calling for him to be impeached. the sights and sounds of the protests. and later, the acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan shouted down and forced off stage at a conference by leftist protesters who say he doesnt deserve to be heard at all. public debate over. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," im shannon bream in washington. gillian turner kicks us off with the very latest from president trump on a...