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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...

The buffer zone that you are talking about, its going to be them and russia. >> yes, but the buffer zone is going to be controlled by turkey. turkey is the responsible party. and there have been discussions about bringing in europeans and other monitors that could be helpful. but if turkey does not allow access to the zone, it does not allow people to investigate cases and talk to people, that will come back and diminish turkeys representation. and it could trigger a reimplementation of sanction...

Mazloum abdi spoke via skype to the russian defense minister telling him "i appreciate specifically president putins efforts in protecting our people and stopping the military operations. there really is a sense of chaos. no one knows what comes next. as for the suggestion of sending u.s. tanks and troops to guard the oil fields and the kurds to go to the oilfield as well, no one is sure what to make of it but some people feeling it might be too little, too late and that the u.s. may have alread...

>> harris: i am just curious, are we in a position to best witness all of that? im reading a report that the pentagon is sending tanks to syria for the first time according to u.s. officials, do we have enough presence right there next to where we just exited to be able to witness some of what youre talking about to hold them accountable? >> so, there are parts, again, i have access to the statement issue, not the pentagon, there are reports that the u.s. is looking at keeping some u.s. forces i...

Day that were just finding time to report another remarkable development in the ongoing syria story. the envoy telling he was not advised in trumps decision to pull u.s. troops from northern syria saying the turkish military incursion there was really tragic. hard to overstate the speed with which that has taken place. they knew full well any withdrawal would place the kurds in mortal danger. the u.s. kurds did leave and a five-day cease-fire imposed after days of hard fighting is now over. now ...

From northern syria. jim jeffrey telling senators that the subsequent turkish military incursion there was in his words really tragic. hard to overstate the speed with which this has taken place. it was only days ago that the small band of troops stationed in northern syria should be withdrawn. knowing full well that any withdrawal would place meshs long-time ally the kurds in mortal danger. the kurds did leave and a five-day ceasefire by turkey in northern syria imposed after days of hard fight...

What we have done to the kurds will stand as a bloodstain. was there no chance for diplomacy. that turkey forced the hand of the united states. and you have said thats exactly what happened. >> turkey is a long standing nay k nato ally. we dont go to war with an ally. and a border we didnt sign up to defend in the first place. go back to the primary mission. defeat isis. you said you were doing a good job and. >> everybody except the turks. >> you were keeping isis down and a buffer force there....

My experience goes back to when i first came to office in july. two months into it. probably the one issue that dominated my time was working with my counter part the defense minister of turkey trying to build a safe zone a security which we would do join patrolling with the turks to keep a buffer zone between turkey. we thought ffs going well. we had established a joint operation center. we were doing ground patrol and air patrol. we had them agree to back up a bit. and they decided its not mov...

They will be steam rolling of any syrian kurdish fighters who plan to stay in that area. its going to be a complex situation on the ground to see how many fighters actually do withdraw. they are sometimes just the civilians too. that will be messy, frankly. and the syrian kurds will probably yet again feel their newest allies are betraying some of them to some degree too. then of course we have the broad problem of the whole turkish zone currently controlled. much of it still goes straight up to...

-- are we so weak diplomatically that turkey forced the hand of the united states. turkey. you said pretty much thats exactly what happened. >> look turkey is long standing nato to alley. were not going to war against a na nato ally and certainly not a krols a border we didnt sign up to defend in the first place. our primary mission was to defeat isis. >> you said you were you doing a good job but everybody thought you were doing a good job. because you were a buffer correct. >> i meant in the c...