For joining us here on r. T. International. Turkey has followed up with a ground offensive against kurdish groups and Islamic State terrorists in syria that comes after a 1st films after a 1st phase of. The Turkish Armed forces together with the Syrian National army Just Launched operation peace spring against p k k y p g and terrorists in Northern Syria mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor all across our southern border and to bring peace to the area from the arrest the lane from here i can see turkish fighter jets flying behind my back i just got an urgent message that the eastern part of the town of commish lee was attacked the 3 meter shells launched by took a short of full and here near us locals are very concerned about whats happening its quite possible that civilians will start. Leaving this area it is expected that thousands or maybe even hundreds of thousands of civilians may flee so the operation by turkey has indeed begun but no concrete action is being taken by the International Coalition or Syrian Democratic forces. The video shows thousands of locals fleeing the area following the launch of the Turkish OperationSyrian Democratic forces say that 5 civilians have been killed in the offensive earlier it also accused ankara of deliberately targeting civilian areas. Operation pace sprinkle was announced earlier in the wake up to the u. S. Pulled out of syria my colleague Jacqueline Berger discuss the implications with arties it has done. Turkey has been portraying this as Something Like an Anti Terrorist operation they have been threatening with it constantly repeatedly over and over again now this is has finally happened and heres how president talked about it the Turkish Forces together with the Syrian National omi Just Launched operation peace spring against p. K. K y p g and terrorists in Northern Syria a mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor or across our southern border and to bring peace to the area well so far we know about 2 towns that the airstrikes have been launched against this is the russell and teller towns and again it is not a coincidence that ghana has peak in the y. P. G. Kurdish military groups in the same sentence in the same context as diversion Islamic State these groups are designated terrorists so thats why it portrays the operation the way does tell what kind of reaction have we seen from the kurds about that well obviously theyre not happy about being branded as terrorists and theyre saying that this whole operation is a disaster theyre saying that civilians are being targeted and in fact the people in panic that people in those cities are in panic his the official statement by the. Lets get it ready to confront and respond to all kinds of attacks that could be launched against a column on our minorities and you can really just groups to come together as one soul and raise our voices against turkish attacks the young people have a great responsibility and role in confronting attacks by the turkish state but ankara basically wants to do there it doesnt want any connections between the kurds in turkey and the kurds in syria so it is stablish ing and about 30 kilometer wide buffer zone just to prevent the kurds in syria from you know talking so to speak to the kurds in turkey and also theyre aiming at evicting those people who are the residents of those towns red residents in that buffer zone lets take a few steps back what has led up to the launch of this operation well apart from the general you know hatred from turkey towards the kurds in the kurdish recent prosody towards ankara i should say the actions of the United States because the United States throughout the syrian war they have been saying theyve been telling the kurds that they are their biggest allies that they are their force on the ground they have been relying on the kurds heavily and the kurds have been counting that the United States wont let anything happen to them and very often United States troops the literally put their bodies between the Turkish Military and the Kurdish Military to prevent any bloodshed essentially whats happened now with the choice of those 2 towns of russell and tell of it is no coincidence these are the exact 2 towns the United States with the drew its troops from the kurds the even for instance trying to prevent the attack from happening in the United States advise them advise them they put down dismantle all their fortifications in the region so they did still that didnt help still the United States decided to withdraw its troops to allow to. To move in the Russian Foreign minister for instance or. Picked up on such behavior superheroes its hard to say whats wrong with americas actions in syria but they are riddled with contradictions and exhibit the impossibility of negotiating with washington donald trump claimed he would withdraw u. S. Troops from syria and other countries but after taking office hes gone back on those promises and my guess is it will be the same this time around such a frivolous approach can aggravate tensions in the entire region and so must be avoided as weve repeatedly told the us this thought theyd understood but nothings changed and it seems even within the United States political establishment there has been little support to Donald Trumps decision to pull those troops out but. As mentioned the history of this well theres a long long history of the americans abandoning the kurds in fact they put together a report on just that so lets have a look it seemed impossible sounded like crazy talk and yet it happened a moment of unity between republicans and democrats as they both condemned americas disloyalty to its kurdish allies the person who United States is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven this is. Crazy i. Which allies in syria or elsewhere in the middle east will fully trust the word of President Trump in the future the thing all of these politicians pundits and channels seem to forget though is that the kurds i used to waking up to a groundhog day of american betrayal the only difference is that its been going on for more than half a century and hasnt been funny at all. In the fiftys and early sixtys the cia pushed the. Kurds to revolt against baghdad as part of their efforts to overthrow their leader adore karim kasim eventually he was toppled by but the new ruler was in a big fan of the idea of kurdish independence so he bombed them into submission bombed with napalm kindly provided by the United States. The kurds seem to either have a short memory or a forgiving heart because in the 70s the u. S. Was back on their good side iraq and iran were involved in a border dispute and washington was correctly supplying the minority with weapons once again pitching them against baghdad but then iraq and iran kissed and made up and all of a sudden the kurds were on their own being blown to pieces as they are supposed transatlantic Guardian Angel was watching idly even the americans at the time admitted that keeping their involvement under wraps was simply no excuse this policy was not imparted to our clients who were encouraged to continue fighting here in the context of covert action ours was a cynical enterprise hoovered action should not be confused with missionary work. Fast forward to the eightys and for the us it was the golden decade of big hair metallica madonna and m. T. V. For the kurds it was well just another decade of more u. S. Betrayal in the late eightys Saddam Hussein unleashed his chemical arsenal against them an atrocity looking bound to draw the wrath of the worlds policeman but it was still a long time before saddam was to turn from friend to full so american wrath didnt go further than statements like these we want to maintain good political and economic. With iraq but the issue of chemical weapons gets in the way of that. In 2003 it looked like the u. S. Was finally ready to make amends for its decades of forsaking the kurds helping them was among the pretexts for the invasion of iraq but then even in washington many took such goals with a pinch of salt the kurds have every reason to believe or think that they will be betrayed again by the United States or softening the purse contractors spectacle of our inviting turks in to this war earlier trying to bribe them into it could not have been reassuring to the kurds even under the turks before trial against betraying the kurds that is your point yes surely your point isnt that because we betrayed them in the past we should betray them this time not that we should just we will not will not yes they did in 2007 the us let turkey have its way with the kurdish rebels in iraq as ankara launched a lethal bombing raid against them this is of course nowhere near a full list by 2019 america had left the kurds for dead a few more times both in iraq and syria. American traditions go beyond partisan lines america loves having turkey on thanksgiving going to the Pumpkin Patch for halloween and launching fireworks on the 4th of july screwing the kurds over is nothing but a decades long political tradition for america and they will abide by it be the democrat or republican. We also discuss the Turkish Operation and its potential repercussions for the region with several analysts. We are talking about displacement and effectively genocide of innocent kurdish civilians innocent communities within that region so it is absolutely terrifying to know how you know the communities are feeding as they are continually being bombarded by the turkish offensive the kurds have always been on the defensive but now they know they must defend themselves and their families which means that unfortunately they may not be able to police the the camps that hold isis and the isis prisoners and also you know there are reports that actually within the camps there are some rebellions you know some isis rebellions going on so unfortunately the Security Threat is therefore then raised and you know it is now going to cause a big vacuum and a significant problem in terms of security turkish main. Is that turkey has modeled and political and military obligation to bring the Syrian Refugees here in turkey and since many years back to their country turkey is trying to control the area so that y. P. G. Forces could not fill this area and prevent that these Syrian Refugees cannot come back so that this area not kurdish territory is the territories belong to state and turkey together with iran and russia obliged to protect the territorial integrity of. State to be an army should be the one who actually takes care of the security situation i think the turks havent realized that theyre taking advantage of the fact that the americans withdrew from the area to actually bomb the kurds and this is only going to create more bloodshed you know and this is all coming from of the american confusion because it seems like mr the lover of said today the khan. Dictions actually indicate that there is no Clear Strategy or policy for the americans and that creates chaos and that chaos is dangerous for human lives and suffering and will actually lead to more destruction. Ok for a 6 story running thousands of people have been again protesting against austerity in the capital of could or amid unrest and clashes the government has been forced to relocate to the countrys 2nd city and lets just bring you some live pictures this is the scene right now you might think that looks pretty calm you can tell clearly though the mounted police there on horseback things are standing around i show you just a few moments ago that picture was entirely filled with tear gas hundreds of protesters were fleeing rapidly from the assaults of the authorities far in several tear gas canisters the protesters were responding with rocks that they were hurling back and petrol bombs as a momentary low just short that was the plan to protest planning the next assaults and all this is coming because of austerity measures that have been forced by the government and so has been the hostility that it is forced the government to relocate to the country 2nd capital the protests initially triggered by the removal of fuel subsidies that part of a loan deal with the International Monetary fund and many of these demonstrators that youll see in your screen they come from poor and did you know communities and as i mentioned the protest they have crossed the country seems turned violent molotov cocktails stones thrown at police lots of tear gas being used as youll see in a moment from a report from our correspondent is in thats nicholas saddam. Right now. Thousands of protesters lets try. The front line just a just a few feet. Why its the president ial palace its heavily guarded by military and Police Forces these protests to find to get their 1st 10 minutes ago while i was there in the large shot in our spanish version we dont hit by. And thats what we think seeing old guy the protesters are using mortar cant sell those stones bricks just like the snow. And the nice so far and that with tear gas with sound bombs its a situation of extreme tension in the streets of quito just to give you an idea. Like riddles suspended any activity in the city center they say its not safe for doctors and for ambulances instead weve got crews all volunteers that are just taking the dozens and dozens of wounded people. Some treating them there so its actually pretty sure can as you mentioned these protests and 30 measures that able the were implemented by the government included scrapping the subsidies or do you know of gasoline. And that has triggered these protests the monday we had the students then on tuesday we had been degenerates communities today they will move together they join together in the same tens of thousands of people taking over the streets and didnt let in moreno hes going to say you know what hes going to hit is a message. Sent loot riposte his government those ministers and say the measures that came out there with the i. M. F. 4200000000. 00. That struggling with that not the people who say that the government is going to say banks and big business instead of the people and thats why with these people protest in 3 days this week theres massive protests this is a national strike. Weve seen here on the front line is absolute chaos in clashes between the protesters and the Police Forces that have been take acts which smoke its practically on bearable. And this is definitely not the end i promise to stay here till till dusk or maybe even tomorrow so this is just the beginning of what is promising to be a tragic day and for those history. Professor of latin american studies at the City University of new york Daniel Schorr believes marino has betrayed the trust of the ecuadorian people. The countries in latin america that aligned with the us. Very quickly supported in the neo liberal agenda supports come from. And. The classic playing out of class forces in. This is not the 1st time certainly that the. World Bank Intervention has sparked massive revolt against austerity measures weve seen this in jamaica in the Dominican Republic in haiti and across the region in moreno betrayed the 17000000 people of this Indian Nation a country thats a majority Indigenous People a vast majority workers in and thats why were seeing hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of kiev in quiet killed in throughout the country. The german interior minister said the shootings around the city of which left 2 people dead were an anti semitic attack the 27 year old gunman reportedly shown in this video at the moment of one attack has been arrested one shooting occurred outside a synagogue another at a kebab shop russo reports of a grenade being thrown at the Jewish Cemetery police have now reduced the threat level but the still warning locals to be vigilant. The shooter streamed the attack on the twitch platform you also used an antisemitic slur in a video posted before the incident you may find this footage now disturbing. Condolences have been expressed around the world minutes silence was held at the European Parliament israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu called it a sign of growing in europe. Vigilant the berlin synagogue to honor the victims of the shooting corresponds to vangelis success was that. People behind me here have gathered in the form of the new synagogue in berlin not to celebrate the holiest day in the jewish calendar but to stand in solidarity with the victims of earlier shooting and holly germany 3 shootings took place earlier on when the leaving the people that and many more injured one in front of a synagogue the other i dont local shabaab house and the other one was about 15 kilometers away in the nearby town called landsberg. 1 pm local time and is believed to have opened fire and killing a man and a woman and during many more it is believed that