>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTHERN
SYRIA, THE PRESIDENT ORDERING
U.S. TROOPS OUT OF THE AREA,
ABOUT ONE THOUSAND, THIS COMES
AS TURKEY PRESSES FORWARD WITH
DEFENSIVE AGAINST KURDISH
FIGHTERS AMID FEARS OF A MASS
SLAUGHTER OF OUR KURDISH ALLIES
AND CIVILIANS.
NOW SYRIAN OFFICIALS ARE SAYING
THAT IN THE WAKE OF THAT ASSAULT
HUNDREDS OF ISIS PRISONERS HAVE
ESCAPED.
TREY YANGST LIVE IN JERUSALEM
WITH MORE.
>> MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS THIS
WEEKEND IN NORTHERN SYRIA AS
TURKEY DOES CONTINUE ITS ADVANCE
ON KURDISH FORCES, WE ARE
GETTING BREAKING NEWS IN JUST
NOW ABOUT A DEAL THAT HAS BEEN
BROKERED WITH THE ASSAD REGIME,
KURDISH FORCES ARE GOING TO
PARTNER WITH THE SYRIAN REGIME
OF BASHAR AL-ASSAD, THIS WAS
BROKERED BY THE RUSSIANS IN AN
EFFORT TO TRY TO PUSH BACK
AGAINST THE TURKISH INVASION.
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
ABOUT THE DEAL, IT IS GOING TO
ALLOW ASSAD FORCES, THESE ARE
SYRIAN-GOVERNMENT FORCES TO TAKE
CONTROL OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE
BORDER BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA,
THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY ENSURE
THAT U.S. TROOPS CANNOT RETURN
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN THE GOAL
OF BOTH THE RUSSIANS AND SYRIANS
OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, THE U.S.
TAKES HANDS OFF APPROACH TO
DEVELOPMENTS, THERE'S EVIDENCE
THAT CIVILIANS BEING TARGETED
AND ISIS FIGHTERS ESCAPING
PRISONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED MULTIPLE
TIMES THIS MORNING ANT THE
SITUATION SAYING HE'S DEALING
WITH CONGRESS ABOUT IMPOSING
SANCTIONS ON TURKEY, TURKISH
PRESIDENT ERDOGAN CLAIMS THAT
MORE THAN 20 KURDISH VILLAGES
HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY HIS
FORCES, ADDED THAT TURKEY WILL
ADVANCE 20 MILES INTO SYRIA TO
HELP MAINTAIN THE TERRITORIAL
INTEGRITY.
>> WE WILL DIVIDE TERROR
CORRIDOR 480 KILOMETERS DOWN THE
MIDDLE.
>> AS TURKISH AIR STRIKES
CONTINUE TO BOMBARD KURDISH
TOWNS U.S. FORCES ACTUALLY CAME
UNDER BUT TROOPS HAD TO WITHDRAW
FROM THE POSITION, THE BOMBINGS
TAKE PLACE SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC
FORCES AND ISIS FIGHTERS HAVE
ESCAPED AND 40 CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES HAVE BEING REPORTED
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
OPERATION ON THE SYRIAN SIDE AS
WELL AS 18 ON THE TURKISH SIDE.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE
SITUATION ON THE GROUND, TODAY
WE ARE GETTING REPORTS THAT
TURKISH FORCES AND TURKISH
BACKED REBELS HAVE TAKEN OVER
KEY ROADS IN THIS REGION, IN ONE
INSTANCE PROMINENT KURDISH
POLITICIAN WAS REPORTEDLY
DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND
EXECUTED ON THE SPOT.
THE WORST OF HUMANITY IS
UNFOLDING TODAY IN SYRIA AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETS, CONGRESS
CONSIDERS SANCTION THAT IS WOULD
BE PUT INTO PLACE UNTIL A LATER
DATE AND THE WORLD WATCHES,
ARTHEL.
ARTHEL: TREY, LET ME CONFIRM, SO
YOU'RE SAYING THAT KURDISH
FORCES ARE COMBINING WITH ASSAD
GOVERNMENT FORCES BUT NOT -- TOT
GOVERNMENT FORCES BUT NOT -- TOO
THE EXCLUSION OF U.S.-BACKED
KURDS?
>> SO, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE
A LOT OF THE KURDISH FORCE WHO
IS WERE PREVIOUSLY BACKED BY THE
UNITED STATES TAKING OVER TOWNS
THAT U.S. SPECIAL FORCES
ACTUALLY FOUGHT ALONG SIDE THESE
KURDS TO TAKE BACK FROM THE
ISLAMIC STATE, THOSE KURDISH
FORCES IN NORTH EASTERN SYRIA
ARE NOW GOING TO WORK WITH THE
RUSSIANS AND THE REGIME OF
BASHAR AL-ASSAD.
THIS IS A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
WESTERN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO IN SYRIA
OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME,
ULTIMATELY GET U.S. FORCES OUT
OF THE REGION AND THEN HELP THE
ASSAD REGIME REGAIN CONTROL OF
THIS AREA, WHAT THIS IS GOING TO
DO IS BASICALLY VANISH THE
ENTIRE KURDISH PORTION OF SYRIA,
THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ALMOST
A SOVEREIGN PART OF SYRIA
ALLOWING THEM TO OPERATE WITHIN
THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS AND THE
SUCH, BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING
MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS DEAL
THAT'S BEEN BROKERED WITH THE
HELP OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
IS THE REGIME OF BASHAR AL-ASSAD
WHICH IS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT MANY
OF THE KURDISH FORCES THEY WILL