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David L. Phillips featured on MSNBC's "On Assignment: American Betrayal"
"On Assignment: American Betrayal"
Sunday, November 17, 2019

David L. Phillips interviewed for "On Assignment with Richard Engel" to discuss America's betrayal of the Kurds.

Watch the episode, "American Betrayal", here. 

David L. Phillips Interviewed on Ahval Podcast
Erdogan should be facing judges in the Hague - David L. Phillips
Friday, November 15, 2019

Just before U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met at the White House on Wednesday, Ahval editor David Lepeska spoke with Columbia University’s David L. Phillips, a former senior adviser at the U.S. State Department, about the Turkish leader’s war crimes, Trump’s lack of character, and how the U.S. should begin to push for Erdogan’s ouster.

 

The Grotesque Savagery of Turkey's Mercenaries
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

By David L. Phillips

A Kurdish woman fled Turkish troops and their Islamist mercenaries when Turkey launched an unprovoked attack on the City of Afrin, a Kurdish community in northern Syria, on Jan. 20, 2018. The woman was running hand-in-hand with her young daughter when a missile obliterated the girl. The mother held onto her arm — all that was left of her child.

NPR WorldAffairs new podcast episode: "The Crisis in Syria: A Geopolitical Reshuffling of Power"
David L. Phillips interviewed on WorldAffairs
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

The withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria has had grave repercussions for the security and stability of the entire region. The Turkish military has invaded northern Syria, killing dozens of Kurdish civilians and forcing over 200,000 Kurds to flee. In the absence of US troops, Russian and Syrian troops have rushed in to fill the power vacuum. Meanwhile, hundreds of ISIS fighters have escaped detention.

Securing Syria's Oil
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Trump's peripatetic Syria policy zigzagged again over the weekend. After announcing that the U.S. would withdraw from Northern Syria, Trump changed course, announcing: "We've secured the oil, and, therefore, a small number of US troops will remain in the area where they have the oil. And we're going to be protecting it, and we'll be deciding what we're going to do with it in the future."
 

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