The enemy of their enemy: the Kurds ally with Syria

The Intelligence from The Economist

• Episode: The enemy of their enemy: the Kurds ally with Syria
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• Duration: 00:20:26
• Published: 2019-10-14 12:00

Turkey’s violent strikes on north-eastern Syria came as swiftly as America’s withdrawal. The overwhelmed Kurds, once America’s staunch allies against Islamic State, now want protection from Syria’s Russian-backed forces. “Microfinance” experiments are intended to alleviate poverty, but in Sri Lanka one trial has gone badly wrong. And, why China’s 30m truckers aren’t the folk heroes they might be elsewhere.

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