a greater. part of the price we will tear down the terror they are trying to establish in the region tattoed quoted or no but. the attacks russia has moved back its ground troops from the region washington back to the kurdish why p.g. militia during the war against so cool the islamic state but is now refraining from direct criticism while urging turkey to quote exercise restraint in its military actions the u.s. has also said it takes turkey's legitimate security concerns seriously. russia as you heard in the report responded by withdrawing its troops from africa so does this mean russia has given its blessing to this operation pavel felgenhauer as a russian military analyst he joins us from moscow welcome to the house russia given operation olive branch its blessing. de