Partners who were instrumental in defeating Islamic State yet the west is not exactly rushing to their rescue. Is the y p g as the syrian kurd militia is known on the verge of becoming the next victim of middle Eastern Power politics heir to ones offensive who will help the kurds thats our topic on quadriga and here are our guests its a pleasure to welcome do it curved back to the show shes a legal scholar and a fellow at the happy school of governance here in berlin and she says while the turkish government violates International Law in the name of Counter Terrorism the International Community is once again standing still. And its great to have even on the program shes from the European Center for kurdish studies and she says the syrian kurds finally have to focus on their own political interests the p p a k k y p g only follows its own agenda and will not. To help them and we will soon be delving deeper into what those acronyms mean and finally its great to have daniel gala on the sh
This is the story of syrian president bashar assad a tyrant who has waged a brutal war against his own people hes used chemical weapons should this despotic butcher be allowed to take part in peace talks with western states. We have to talk to assad and his representatives. Assad and his russian allies have after all played a key role in helping the west defeat Islamic State forces but can really help to stabilize the middle east as a useful tyrant. And. Here visit Syrian Government troops in the summer of twenty sixteen the Syrian Government has been fighting a bitter civil war for more than six years more than three hundred thousand people have been killed in the conflict. Ten million have been forced to leave their homes tens of thousands have been arrested and tortured in government prisons but assad could still prove useful to the west. As a mudra bosher are i suspect in some measure is always trying to live up to the image of his father. The latest wave of terrorism in europe the
Fighrs have bn defending a Syrian Border town against possible attacks by Islamic State forces. In early 2015, the kurds, backed by western airstrikes, managed to end and i. S. Siege of the town. Kurdish fighters finally town in 2015. During the occupation, Islamic State fighters massacred several thousand civilians. In october 2017, a syrianbased alliance led by kurdish fighters captured the capital of the Islamic State since 2014. The Islamic State caliphate has now collapsed, but Turkish Forces have launched a campaign against kurdish fighters in Northern Syria. Have the kurds been betrayed by the west . Your Opening Statement said in essence you do think they have been betrayed or at least led on by the u. S. Coalition. Would you say that the u. S. And its allies willfully turned a blind eye to the claims and interests of the kurds in their eagerness to work with them against Islamic State . Daniel to be honest, i think the deal was clear from the beginning. A kurdish friend recent
Yes, the west is not exactly rushing to their rescue. Is the ypg on the verge of becoming the next victim of middle Eastern Power politics . Erdogans offensive, who will help the kurds . That is our topic. It is a pleasure to welcome a scholar who says while the turkish government violates International Law in the name of counterterrorism, the International Community is once again standing still. We have a guest from the European Center for kurdish studies, and she says the kurds finally have to focus on their own political interests. The pkk ypg only follows its own stop them. Will not we will soon be delving further into what those acronyms mean. Finally, its great to have the founder and editor of a magazine on the islamic world who says no player can pretend to be surprised. The u. S. , some european countries, but also russia created a set of false expectations, and they knew this would happen. This is very much a case of one mans Freedom Fighter is another mans terrorist, to quot
An accidental toxic spill is a gold mine in the u. S. Turns the Colorado River yellow. First, saudi backed forces loyal to yemens exiled government has retaken a key Southern Province from Houthi Rebels and say they pushed the rebels from the lost town in the province still under houthi control and the offensive is seen as important because it is where exiled president hadi is from and also believed the Deputy Speaker of parliament and former interior minister were wounded in this last round of fighting and our correspondent has reported extensively from the country and joins me live now at the news desk, what is the significance of the latest gain . This is quite important because forces loyal to the exile president hadi are in control of aiden and still need to control shewa and then if they do it will be a base where they can start a push to the capitol sanaa. Okay, that is what is happening on the ground. What about a solution to this conflict . There are efforts to find a settleme