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Panetta: Leaving Syria is ‘knife in the back’ for Kurds

Leaving Syria is ‘knife in the back’ for Kurdish forces, Panetta says

10/07/2019

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Panetta: Leaving Syria is ‘knife in the back’ for Kurds

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Leaving Syria is ‘knife in the back’ for Kurdish forces, Panetta says

The U.S. military is on the way out of northeastern Syria, and it appears that Turkish forces are on their way in. What does President Trump's decision to withdraw troops mean for Syria and Kurdish forces? Amna Nawaz gets reaction from former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and former National Security Council staff member Steve Simon.

10/07/2019

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