Kurds as an ethnic group and then between 2 i. P. G. Or terrorists now we have the Syrian Government forces in position and fighting alongside kodesh forces inside syria and of course there is this concern of a direct clash between turkish troops and also Syrian Government troops whats the prospect for that or how do we even avoid that possibility. Well 1st of all i think would be a mistake for this year even if you come into direct confrontation with turkey secondly i think the russian effect is more significant than the presence of some forces loyal to the assad regime it is going to hes conducting an operation to e. U. And russia are you know having diplomatic channels open and theyre basically. Turkey is looking at what russia will do instead of assad regime. I mean assad regime brought in some force which it was conducting an operation after it and a received the the answer or the response. That took you put forward and you know they were pushed back but they recently i mean did t
A heat wave with mondays higher about 10 degrees above what is normal for october polands governing nationalist party has won a 2nd power 2nd term in power early results show the law and Justice Party won more than 45 percent of the vote with the turnout was the highest in 30 years but as Andrew Simmons explains from warsaw its a party that divides opinion. Polina lipinski is one of the voters behind the surge in popularity of polands ruling party shes a devout catholic who fell on bad times 10 years ago when her husbands business went bust here with one of her 3 children for whom she gets a government allowance of 125. 00 a month each they safe are far from me because the far we dont have money to pay for. On this for 4. Cowards but now i. Feel like and their mark people and. Ringback whatever the political belief an increasing number of poles many like polina have been attracted to the law and Justice Party policies but its a divisive situation this couple believe voting for national
States and the European Union this would be welcome money so this is significant but the battle is really not over their forces on the ground which are facing off each other at the front lines are still being drawn the new map of northeastern syria is still being drawn as behind the scenes negotiations continue between among the different players in a hotel with the latest there from the turkey syria border think you well joel rubin is a former senior official of the u. S. State department and joins me live now from washington d. C. Sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera i guess 1st of all your reaction to this statement the u. S. President saying is going to issue an executive order authorizing sanctions i mean he had spoken about sanctions before do you get the sense that its a president under pressure because this move within the u. S. Has been received so badly let alone in the region itself. Yeah absolutely this is a day late and a dollar short we like to say here