I spoke to Ariz Kader about Afrin for his new podcast Siyaset, covering Middle Eastern politics from a (slight) Kurdish perspective. We discussed the region’s unique history as well as the current situation under Turkish occupation…
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Popular Front Bonus Ep: A Closer Look at Turkey’s Syrian Militias
I spoke with Jake Hanrahan for a (Patreon-only) Popular Front bonus episode about Turkey’s proxy militias in Syria, within the context of Turkey’s October 2019 Operation Peace Spring…
Popular Front: Assassinations in Afrin
I spoke with Jake Hanrahan of Popular Front about the anti-TFSA/TAF insurgency conducted by the YPG and likely front groups in Aleppo’s Afrin district. The chat touched on conditions in Afrin following the Turkish invasion, as well as the security situation across Turkish-controlled Syria…
