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Understanding The Situation In Syria

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Tiziana Dearing
Chris Citorik

October 24, 2019

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from fires in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)

The Kurds, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Russia. President Trump had a simple message about the region: "Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand." But what can we learn from the region's complex history, and what does that mean for the reality on the ground? One foreign policy expert breaks it down.

Guest

Stephen Kinzer, senior fellow in international and public affairs at Brown University's Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs. He tweets @stephenkinzer.

This segment aired on October 24, 2019.