Just a Kurd to him: Trump’s Syria withdrawal

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Recorded08 Oct 2019

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The president’s sudden talk of departure from a contested strip of the Turkey-Syria border betrays the Kurds who helped beat back Islamic State—and risks throwing the region into chaos. A look at the cashew industry in Mozambique reveals the tricky trade-offs between agriculture and development. And, an unusual opera outlining the life and letters of birth-control pioneer Marie Stopes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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