Radio War Nerd EP150—Idlib & the Syria Endgame, with Joshua Landis

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Guest: Joshua Landis, Director of Center for Middle East Studies & blogger Recorded: September 23, 2018 From his new digs in Sicily, the War Nerd interviews Syria expert Joshua Landis ( EP #118 ) to break down the situation in Idlib: the Russia-Turkey agreement, who the main rebel/jihadi groups are in Idlib, what are Israel's and the US's designs on Syria, and where do we go from here? At 1:29:00 the Nerd and Ames discuss other war news around the world: Erdogan's media propagandists . . . Israel's idiotic downing of Russian spy plane; separatist terror attack in Khuzestan, Iran, and attribution snafus . . . Trump regime's Raytheon lobbyist decides Yemen weapons policy . . . Saudi Arabia plans to expel millions of Egyptian workers . . . Islamist rebels in northeast Mozambique linking up with Al Shabab? . . . Joshua Landis is director at the Center for Middle East Studies and professor at U Oklahoma. Read his excellent blog Syria Comment and follow him on twitter : @joshua_landis .

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