Radio War Nerd, Episode #49—Syria War(s) with Patrick Cockburn (Patreon)

Syria wars & Jarabulus

Guest: Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, author of Chaos & Caliphate: Jihadis and the West in the Struggle for the Middle East

Great interview with Patrick Cockburn in Damascus, on life in the war-torn capital today, changes and developments in the wars in Syria, and the rebranding of Al-Nusra—the Al Qaeda franchise in Syria . . . Afterwards, the War Nerd talks about the significance of Jarabulus, the original Islamic State caliphate . . . scary Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov is dead, but don't expect things to get better . . . 

Total Time: 2:05:03

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