Why Turkey is invading Northern Syria

09/10/2019 21 min
Why Turkey is invading Northern Syria

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Episode Synopsis

On the afternoon of October 6, US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the more than 8 year Syrian civil war.


That one phone call upended nearly five years of US policy in Syria.


Shortly afterwards, the White House released a statement announcing their withdrawal from the country and Erdogan's plans to launch an offensive across the Northern border. 


Host James Haines-Young looks at why Donald Trump stood aside for a Turkish invasion of Syria and why does Ankara want a new war.