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Turkey Invades Syria, and Kurdish Fighters Who Helped Defeat ISIS Are Trapped

| Oct. 09, 2019

A Global Dispatches Podcast

Overview

Donald Trump has ordered a small U.S. military contingent to withdraw from Kurdish controlled parts of Northeastern Syria in advance of a likely Turkish military operation. The situation is rapidly evolving and in this episode of the Global Dispatches podcast an expert on Kurdish politics and diplomacy, Morgan Kaplan, provides some background and context for understanding events as they unfold.

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For Academic Citation: “Turkey Invades Syria, and Kurdish Fighters Who Helped Defeat ISIS Are Trapped.” Audio, October 9, 2019, posted by “UN Dispatch”.

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