PODCAST 61: Dr David Adesnik on ISIS, Syria and the Kurds

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2 Nov 2019 · 1 min read

Dr David Adesnik, Director of Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about ISIS, Syria and the Kurds.

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