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and joshua landis is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahomablog called syriacomment.com. thanks very much to you both. ambassador kattouf, let me start with you, the developments in the last few days, turkish aligned forces moving south into northern syria. syrian government fourses moviny north now, aal lied with former u.tn pars syrian kurds. how does that affect the u.s. stated goals in syria including the defeat of i.s.i.s. andhe starting politicalprocess? >> i remember president obama was severely criticizedor pulling out of iraq in 2011 and lout ofople said that pul the u.s. troops led to the rise of i.s.i.s., although some have said it would have happened anyway had wstayed or no. but clearly between what hasst appened and the potential for i.s.i.s. to reasseritsf in various parts of syria, and also besides turkishurdish platitudes going on and turksng hahe you were hand over militia group. we have the pthotential for a turkish-syria war going on. turkish is much stronger than syria's war weary units. but you have iran and russia in the

that turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan that's get the analysis joshua landis joins us is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. joshua landis thank you very much for being with us at a safe zone then patrolled by turkish and russian troops. on the some more like an occupied zone. it does you know this is a big win for. it's a big win for us and the russians because they're keeping turkey out of this. this larger buffer zone that it was gonna be just turkish up to thirty kilometers it's a very good for the kurds because- the kurds much preferred to have russian and syrian patrols and syrian occucupation over areas like kobani which would have felt. fallen within the turkish zone but the turkish zone is cocontained to a few little spos along the border they will patrol but with the russians so there won't be any of the shooting- against the courage the e courage willot b be driven out the population of course. the ypg. soldiers and police force will not be able to operate in that zone which will have a side trip so this is very good. for the go

military is trying to provide according to you know cordons bit or do they have been taken joshua landis in oklahoma the turkish forces are trying to push the kurds away from the so-called safe zones to where. well that's the big question is where is this line going to be clearly russia is going to play a major role in this russia is an ally of syria russia has stated and putin has stated recently that syria should regain control of all of its land. he's going to be negotiating with the turks and trying to find an agreed upon. boundary and that's you know putin as as the american foreign policy process that's fallen into chaos everybody is looking to president putin and it's strange to say as an american but he seems to be the man of the hour who is going to his stock is going up in the middle east as president trump stock declines but when you say joshua man of the hour a man of the out who saying but see nothing as far as i can see well i'm sure he's talking behind the scenes and trying to arrange some kind of deal as the americans must be doing as well. because this is extremely chaot

we're now joined by joshua landis a professor at the university of oklahoma college of international studies and the director at the center for middle east studies now as we just said donald trump has tweeted that the u.s. could impose a powerful sanctions on turkey what do you make of that is that a belated realisation of the fact that the u.s. may have actually betrayed the kurds. you know american foreign policy apparatus is in freefall it's in complete chaos at this point it's quite clear that that syria is going to go through a lot of pain that it didn't have to go through the only long term solution to syria is certain is that the the government return its sovereignty to all of the syrian land that is not good for everybody in syria but on the whole it's far better than what we're seeing today because turkey is not going to leave syria unless it's really pressured and we are seeing you know as an american it is sad to say today that president putin is perhaps the the only statesman who can help deescalate some of the tensions that's risen in the region both in syria and in the

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landis's director at center for middle east studies at university of oklahoma who joins us via skype from norman oklahoma thank you for your time so what do you make of the deal that has apparently been struck between damascus and the s.d.f. what does that mean. well it's an important deal it means that syria is going to sweep up north to meet the turkish troops this is a scramble for northeast syria the same sort of scramble for land and resources that we saw happen when the isis cayle if it collapsed and both syria the united states raced to get oil fields and border territory it's an important deal because the kurds and the assad regime in damascus both have the same enemies they have turkey as their enemy number one and the islamist rebel groups as their enemy number 2 this is a long standing. you know in a sense. i would say partnership but it's not an easy partnership that they've had damascus cannot rule ne syria without the kurds on the other hand damascus is not going to allow the kurds the kind of autonomy independence or use of their own school system in kurdish so yes the

committee health at live and dallas texas we are going to stay with the story we're joined now by joshua landis director of the center for middle east and he's at the university of oklahoma he's joining us from norman very good to have you with us on allergies they are so many questions around the steel firstly if the ceasefire what's being called a cease fire by some not by everyone if it does hold until he does end its military operation well who police this buffer zone. that's the big question you know nancy pelosi and schumer that top democrats in the u.s. in the congress have said. that this isn't a sham agreement they said the president has given up nothing president trump has given every him everything and it's unclear today who is going to take this 32 kilometer safe zone who's going to occupy it clearly russia and iran are pushing back they're insisting that the borders have to be sovereign that the assad regime is going to return to this area and we're going to see how this works out at the bottom of the agreement issued by the white house just recently it does have an article saying

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most kymberly help at al-jazeera the white house let's get more on this now we're joined by joshua landis director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma and he's joining us live from norman in oklahoma mr manders always good to talk to you about all things syria. has there been confusion in the last few hours do you think between president trump saying he's withdrawing troops from north east and syria pentagon officials later saying those troops are being redeployed elsewhere in syria. there's a lot of confusion right now i don't think anybody was informed about this decision that was made by president trump after a phone call with president aired on of turkey this shows the real collapse of the foreign policy process in the white house we've seen this before in it in korea decisions and tweets that were made about the iran situation in the gulf just a week ago people are guessing what america's going to do next and this is this is clearly not good and more kurds. of course what does that you know sort of collapse of foreign policy on the americans pot main f

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joshua landis a professor at the university of oklahoma is college of international studies and a director of the u.s. center for middle east studies told us the area's rich resources are crucial for damascus. well i think we're going to we're seeing a scramble for the northeast of syria in the same way that there was a scramble during the collapse of isis state and. the resources of the area are going to be the 1st to be taken as we saw with the oil fields around areas or and i think what we're going to see is the syrian government is going to try to go across get the oil fields the gas fields that are so crucial for a serious economic well being also this is prime agricultural land the euphrates river flows down here the dam that top the dam it which is so important to the flow of the euphrates which america and the kurds have held the syrian government's going to want to take that back as well so what we're going to see is a scramble for resources in the area and and turkey is going to be come under intense pressure we'll see what air to one and assad can negotiate in a way to deescalat

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correct continues its operation to drive kurdish militants away from the border from city falls into landis whose husband. russian military police patrol the syrian town bordering turkey. base as part of an agreement struck between moscow in ankara one russian ounce you in kurdish fighters had retreated thirty kilometers from the border. he said it would join forces with russia from friday. other not cut it if we see that the members of the terrorist organization have not been moved out of the thirty kilometers or if attacks continue no matter from where we reserve our right to carry out our own operation. sometimes we are also what will happen to the terrorists outside the thirty kilometer strip whatever happened to the others will happen to them. turkey's recent actions in northeastern syria meanwhile have gotten countries like france a warring about the islamic state organization. regrouping look go okay by the chaos created by the turkish offensive allows for the resurgence of isis. you did this on cnn it is therefore imperative did you my heart if. it happens i in conditions and. yoyou

troop withdrawal will lead rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington national landis's director at the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma explains why that's it the deal is beneficial for both sides well it's an important deal it means that syria is going to sweep up north to meet the turkish troops this is a scramble for northeast syria at the same sort of scramble for land and resources that we saw happen when the isis cayle if it collapsed and both syria the united states raced to get oilfields and border territory. it's an important deal because the kurds and the assad regime in damascus both have the same enemies they have turkey as their enemy number one and the islamist rebel groups as their enemy number 2 this is a long standing. you know in a sense. i would say partnership but it's an uneasy partnership that they've had damascus cannot rule northeast syria without the kurds on the other hand damascus is not going to allow the kurds the kind of autonomy independence or use of their own school system in kurdish that they that they will power what does that mea

again a lot about this over the next days and weeks me mama say the situation but for now joshua landis live in norman oklahoma thank you. but plenty more ahead on the news hour including a u.s. ambassador accuses president trump of outsourcing foreign policy to his personal lawyer rudy giuliani. a clue in a killing the length between a crashed car and the murder of an election observer in mozambique and bus load the protests won't stop one of the biggest matches in the spanish league that's coming up in sports with. now heavy gunfire has rocked several neighborhoods in the mexican city of korea come of the security forces detained a son of the notorious drug cartel leader joaquin el chapo guzman. well the news led to running battles between cartel gunmen and police a government official confirmed the arrest of a video guzman vehicles and a petrol station was set on fire and state police confirmed several prisoners escaped from jail during the chaos well let's go to our correspondent now he's joining us live from the mexican capital and what more you hearing mannie about what's taking p

joshua landis is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma and he says that trump has little knowledge of what might become of texas full of kurdish forces i'm sorry if turkey you know want to as a military offensive this shows the real collapse of the foreign policy process in the white house we've seen this before in it in korea decisions and tweets that were made about the iran situation in the gulf just a week ago people are guessing what america's going to do next and this is this is clearly not good trump wants to get america out of syria which is understandable he promised in his campaign that he would end the stupid wars in the middle east and he wants to fill some of that now that makes sense the trouble is you knows very little promise oblio about the long history between the kurds and turkey he doesn't realize how brutal the turkish army will be once it gets amongst the kurds iraq's president has condemned attacks on protest as during violent anti-government demonstrations in a t.v. address barham salih parliament to address protest as

this is carol landis and this is k kaiser. we would send those back -- and he would send those back to my mother and she was not amused. [laughter] rebecca: she was stuck on the navy base in charleston as a telephone operator reading about him wining and dining with these movie stars. but, when the tour ended, he called her, she took a train to orlando and they were married at 19 years old. he kind of did it backwards. he went to officer cadet training after his combat experience because he had to pulled from combat. he had written to my mom that he wanted to go back and be a copilot with captain crumm, but for whatever reason, he became an aerial navigator, but he was a dual training as an engineer navigator in b-29 when the war ended. my parents decided to come back to atlanta to raise their family with their families. and that is when he went to georgia tech on the g.i. bill. he graduated from georgia tech in 1949 with a bachelor of industrial engineering and he worked as a consulting engineer for a while and then there was

top story that deal between the syrian army and kurdish led fighters went at it we spoke to joshua landis from the university of oklahoma he explained why the deal is beneficial to both sides. it's an important deal it means that syria is going to sweep up north to meet the turkish troops this is a scramble for northeast syria the same sort of scramble for land and resources that we saw happen when the isis cayle if it collapsed and both syria the united states raced to get oil fields and border territory it's an important deal because the kurds and the assad regime in damascus both have the same enemies they have turkey as their enemy number one and the islamist rebel groups as their enemy number 2 this is a long standing. you know in a sense. i would say partnership but it's not an easy partnership that they've had damascus cannot rule ne syria without the kurds on the other hand damascus is not going to allow the kurds the kind of autonomy independence or use of their own school system in kurdish that they that they have i think the kurds will be able to continue with that semi autonom

we have an extraordinary feature film by andrew landis. and cut black and chemic blue, a thriller.a very good friend with whom he tours around the city but they have been pushed to the outskirts and they visit this house regularly which is now lived in bya house regularly which is now lived in by a white couple who he believes do not look after the house properly. he turns up and start painting the windowsill. he says, go away, it‘s our house. you‘re not looking after it. there i‘ve to say that one day they have been thrown out of the house, they have an inheritance problem and it is empty. he decides we will move back in and coast to see his aunt and get all the furniture that used to be in the house before they moved out is included. —— before they moved out. usa clip.” they moved out. usa clip. i swear to god. this is for us. 0k. i missed that city. it has a surreal comic element to it. there‘s also a lot of pathos and an elephant of tragedy about it. on the one hand, it‘s about how place changes through gentrification. the whole thing is his grandfather made the house and they

deal between syrian government forces and kurdish led syrian democratic forces we spoke to joshua landis who's director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma explains why this agreement is beneficial for both sides. it's an important deal it means that syria is going to sweep up north to meet the turkish troops this is a scramble for northeast syria the same sort of scramble for land and resources that we saw happen when the isis cayle if it collapsed and both syria the united states raced to get oil fields and border territory it's an important deal because the kurds and the assad regime in damascus both have the same enemies they have turkey as their enemy number one and the islamist rebel groups as their enemy number 2 this is a long standing. you know in a sense. i would say partnership but it's not an easy partnership that they've had damascus cannot rule ne syria without the kurds on the other hand damascus is not going to allow the kurds the kind of autonomy independence or use of their own school system in kurdish that they that they pav i think the

aimed at creating fear in the face of the turkish offensive which he continues to justify joshua landis director at the u.s. center for middle east studies told us the area's rich resources are crucial for damascus. well i think we're going to we're seeing a scramble for the northeast of syria in the same way that there was a scramble during the collapse of isis state and. the resources of the area are going to be the 1st to be taken as we saw with the oil fields around areas or and i think what we're going to see is the syrian government is going to try to go across get the oil fields the gas fields that are so crucial for a serious economic well being also this is prime agricultural land the euphrates river flows down here the dam that the dam it which is so important to the flow of the euphrates which america and the kurds have held the syrian government's going to want to take that back as well so what we're going to see is a scramble for resources in the area and and turkey is going to be come under intense pressure we'll see what air to one and assad can negotiate in a way to dees

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want our troops in the middle of turkey, the kurds, syria and russia, all closing in to settle that landishat's really about a 20-mile buffer so the of the turkish syria border in syria. so that's the real question that's going on here at a macro level. sure. we developed great relationships. the american soldier is the best ambassador for the united states and we develop great relationships with whom we fight and support, and that's where some of this angst is coming from because you see that our troops who really do our bidding for us on the ground, sure, it's painful to not be fully supporting the goals of the kurds, but we still have troops with the kurds and we are only a plane flight away in case things get you know, really bad for those troops and let's remember, they've been fighting now for years. neil: no doubt about that, general. and just for your incredible service to this country, as a general, do you believe that the president's attacks on generals with whom he has compared himself, much smarter, and his own former defense secretary where he has said, you know, not that grea