Understanding The Situation In Syria

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.

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