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    Peshmerga Troops Traveling to Kobani

    For the first time since a brutal civil war first began, troops from a Western-backed foreign nation have arrived in Syria.  They are Kurdish peshmerga from Iraq, coming through Turkey to battle ISIS forces in the besieged town of Kobani.  Erika Soloman is Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times .

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    By Warren Olney • Oct 29, 2014 • 1 min read

    For the first time since a brutal civil war first began, troops from a Western-backed foreign nation have arrived in Syria. They are Kurdish peshmerga from Iraq, coming through Turkey to battle ISIS forces in the besieged town of Kobani. Erika Soloman is Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Independent Producer

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

      Reporter, Fill-in Host

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      Erika Solomon

      Financial Times

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Quarantine Nation
    1. 1:19Peshmerga Troops Traveling to KobaniYou’re reading this
    2. 8:10Ebola: Public Health and Public Relations
    3. 42:40Africa Sees First White President in 20 Years
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