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    Turkish ground troops launch offensive in Syria

    Turkey today escalated its fight against ISIS by sending tanks, warplanes and special operations forces into the Syrian town of Jarabulus. American airplanes joined the operation. But the US is caught between two allies. The coalition it backs includes Kurdish elements that are anathema to Turkey’s President Erdoğan.

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 24, 2016 • 1 min read

    Turkey today escalated its fight against ISIS by sending tanks, warplanes and special operations forces into the Syrian town of Jarabulus. American airplanes joined the operation. But the US is caught between two allies. The coalition it backs includes Kurdish elements that are anathema to Turkey’s President Erdoğan. Dion Nissenbaum, who is based in Istanbul for the Wall Street Journal, has more on the geopolitics involved.

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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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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Dion Nissenbaum

      Wall Street Journal

      NewsNationalPolitics

    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Obama's Nuclear Legacy
    1. 1:51Turkish ground troops launch offensive in SyriaYou’re reading this
    2. 8:41Barack Obama's nuclear legacy
    3. 45:54Grad students get the right to unionize at private universities
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