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What Next - What the Kurds Are Fighting For

What Next - What the Kurds Are Fighting For

The unique political arrangement known as Rojava is at stake.

Slate News · Slate Podcasts

October 16, 201920m 27s

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Show Notes

When the US abandoned its Kurdish allies, it not only left the Kurds vulnerable to devastating attacks from Turkey, but it also abandoned Rojava, the Kurdish autonomous region that lies in the northeast of Syria. Right now, the Kurds are fighting to preserve what they can of this unique political arrangement, but it might already be too late. And, maybe, it was always destined to fall.

Guest: Jenna Krajeski, reporter at the Fuller Project

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