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U.S.-Turkey Showdown in Syria?

February 22, 2018

Wilson Center Fellow Amy Austin Holmes discusses recent tensions between the U.S. and Turkey surrounding Turkey’s decision to launch a military offensive against the Syrian district of Afrin, controlled by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).

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Amy Austin Holmes

Public Policy Fellow;
Associate Professor of Sociology, American University in Cairo

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John Milewski

John Milewski

Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, Wilson Center NOW

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