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>> reporter: this is a campaign of ethnic cleansing. while the kurds were fighting alongside u.s. ports, they established something like a state, a pocket that was controlled by the curds. it had its own culture and government. it was largely secular. it was proudly feminist, men and women shared power. it was an experiment. th now turkey with this operation is moving into eliminate that state. thats what is at stake here. turkey says it is going to establish a buffer zone. that buffer zone is r...

Democratic forces. this is the opposition force, who the u.s. military has been fighting with for several years there in syria. hes saying that turkish warplanes have begun air strikes. ive spoken with one person in the u.s. military in baghdad whos confirming that they expect that the air strikes -- they believe the air strikes are just now beginning. so, the question is, you know, what does this mean and where does this go from here, if in fact, its confirmed these are turkish military strikes...

>> weve told turkey, i spoke with president erdogan of turkey, and i said got to treat them good. you got to take care of isis >> reporter: but the people in the cross-hairs of the impending turkish assault are protesting, desperately appealing for help the kurds have been fighting against isis with u.s. special operations forces and have created an autonomous enclave in syria, which turkey wants to destroy. a kurdish official today tweeting if america leaves, all will be erased turkeys specific...

Seeing right now i think is probably unlikely at most. but certainly the congress needs to take steps to try and hold and lead where the president has not been able to. >> the polling has certainly suggested there isnt much of an appetite in this country for u.s. troops to be involved in the middle east in syria. what is the way to get american troops out of syria without running the risk of whats being described tonight? >> well, whats ironic is that the presidents own strategy was actually to ...

On the ground. syrian kurdish forces and the very real fear is if there is some kind of turkish military invasion, those people will be forced to leave their posts in those prisons to go and take up arms and fight the turks. so for a number of reasons, a lot of people here very concerned and very confused, john. >> clarissa, what is the expectation of when turkey and its military might make a move? >> well, turkey said that its ready to go. that it could begin operation peace spring as its calli...

The u.s. forces to fully withdraw 1st to avoid any direct confrontation between the 2 nato allies one of the latest official statements we have is a tweet by the turkish defense ministry and that said that turkey is ready and i quote all preparations for the operation have been completed ok before we continue julia take a closer look at the region and the u.s. that the u.s. is withdrawing from. turkey calls it a safe zone but people living here feel in secure syrian towns close to the northern b...

Was a crucial phone call between president the adlon and donald trump on sunday when mr advani reportedly told mr trump how frustrated and angry he is over the situation in north and syria washington and prague had been for months and weeks trying to set up a buffer zone that they had sauced to have joint patrols there but mr adelman wasnt happy at all he said things are moving too slow so they have this phone conversation off towards the white house suddenly published a statement saying the tur...

A safe area correct thats what thats what other calls that you had thats what he did at the united nations recently look all of this is syria of course including the yellow what you call the kurdish controlled area which is largely controlled by a kurdish part dominantly kurdish party and kurdish militia called the p.y.t. and the associated syrian democratic forces which the u.s. helped to build up in order to fight isis along the euphrates and theyre controlling this area so now what turkey wan...

Today the turkish vice-president said his country will not bow to threats after president trump said there would be an economic retaliation if turkeys military action gets out of line. the bloody civil war in syria has become the breeding ground for proxy wars between russia and iran, the united states an turkey, russia and iran prop up the dictator bashar assad who allegedly uses chemical weapons begins his own people. however turkey calls u.s. backed kurdish fighters trss. the becauses has dem...

President at this point is reacting to something erdogan is going to do whether or not donald trump made the offer, the president trying to use that to his advantage. heather: how do we protect our kurdish allies? >> the other half of our plan is if we allow turkey to create a buffer zone on the border to ensure some of the folks who operate in the border are terrorist concerns, turkey has legitimate security concerns but how do we make sure the kurds get taken care of and our plan calls for a p...