Syria Today, Unreported Crisis Brewing

About this episode

Carne Ross discusses the unreported crisis in Syria related to Trump's policies and the release of ISIS jihadists.

In the maelstrom created by Trump's return to the presidency, events in Syria building to a crisis have gone unreported . Why? In this FRDH podcast, Carne Ross, former British diplomat who resigned over the Iraq War explains how Trump policies have yet again created a crisis -- this one involving the release of 100s, perhaps 1000s of ISIS jihadists from Syrian jails. He also talks about the threat to the remarkable experiment in local democracy the mainly Kurdish region of Syria has been conducting. Give Ross and FRDH host Michael Goldfarb 48:43 to explain to you.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Goldfarb

Guest: Carne Ross

Topics covered

• Syria
• ISIS
• Trump
• Kurdish region
• local democracy

Keywords

• crisis
• diplomacy
• Iraq War
• jihadists

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Unreported Crisis

Places: Syria

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