U.S. Forces in Syria to What Role Do They Play? with Sirwan Kajjo

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U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters organized in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fight both ISIS and Turkish-backed Islamist groups. What function do the 900-strong American troops serve in backing them? What is the US interest in Syria? How is the long-running civil war evolving?

Sirwan Kajjo is a Syrian-born, Washington-based journalist and researcher. Since 2012 he has worked as a broadcaster at the Kurdish service of the Voice of America. Mr. Kajjo has written book chapters on Syria and the Kurds published by Indiana University Press and Cambridge University Press. He is also the author of Nothing But Soot, a novel set in Syria.

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