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America's Kurdish betrayal: has ISIS been given a second chance?

America's Kurdish betrayal: has ISIS been given a second chance?

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For more than a decade, Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria were
America's most trusted ally, spearheading the war against Isis,
taking responsibility for guarding thousands of jihadi prisoners
of war, and in the process carving out an autonomous statelet
that seemed poised to realise the dream of Kurdish independence.
Over the past few weeks, that dream as has been crushed.

In a sudden offensive, Ahmed Al Sharaa's transitional Syrian
government has evicted the Kurds from vast territories including
the country's biggest oilfield. Abandoned by their American
allies, the Kurds have been forced to cede ground including the
sprawling Isis prison camps. What now for the Kurds, for Syria,
and for the jihadists Isis veterans?

To answer this and more, Roland is joined by The Telegraph's
senior foreign correspondent Sophia Yan and Senior Research
Fellow, Middle East Security, Dr Burcu Ozcelik from RUSI.

Read Dr Burcu's research paper on northern
Syria: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27342855

Producer: Peter Shevlin

Executive Producer: Louisa Wells

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