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01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
President Trump vowed to withdraw United States troops from the Syrian border with Turkey. But such a move could harm one of America’s most loyal partners in the Middle East, the Kurds, who have been crucial to fighting the Islamic State. Guest: Eric Schmitt, who covers terrorism and national security for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily).
Background coverage:
President Trump’s announcement raised fears that he was giving Turkey the go-ahead to move against Kurdish forces (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/us/politics/turkey-syria-trump.html?smid=pc-thedaily) in northern Syria.
The American pullback could create a void in the region that could benefit Iran, Russia and the Islamic State (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/world/middleeast/trump-turkey-syria-kurds.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
American troops have “operated between two allies: Turkey and the Kurds,” our colleagues write in a news analysis (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/world/middleeast/syria-turkey-kurds-military.html?smid=pc-thedaily). “The problem for Washington has been that the two hate each other.”
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)
Background coverage:
President Trump’s announcement raised fears that he was giving Turkey the go-ahead to move against Kurdish forces (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/us/politics/turkey-syria-trump.html?smid=pc-thedaily) in northern Syria.
The American pullback could create a void in the region that could benefit Iran, Russia and the Islamic State (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/world/middleeast/trump-turkey-syria-kurds.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
American troops have “operated between two allies: Turkey and the Kurds,” our colleagues write in a news analysis (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/world/middleeast/syria-turkey-kurds-military.html?smid=pc-thedaily). “The problem for Washington has been that the two hate each other.”
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)