host: jennifer cafarella is here to talk ab >> jennifer is the director at the institute talking about the us withdrawal from syria. let's begin of the key players in the region. so what has been happening before the president made this decision? the key players are turkey that as the turkish material one --dash those that conduct the offenses on the ground the turkish proxy war is members of the syrian opposition including former members of the army it is just a complicated operation to be conducting because i'm simultaneously built he - - building a counterforcengd and f those forces it is a kurdish militia. and with that why peg is a syrian affiliate of the kurdish insurgent movement so the turkish president ergogan has warned the us the american partnership was unacceptable to him however he had been negotiating with us for a de-escalation in the northeast but that change with a call between president trump and president ergogan when ergogan informed the president he would in fact begin a military iooperation. >> i will share what the president had to say about this yesterday to br

host: jennifer cafarella is here to talk about the u.s. withdrawal from syria. let's begin with the key prslets in the region. who are they and what has been happening before the president made this decision? guest: the key players include turkey, which has invaded northeastern syria, as well as the turkish military. we have a large body of turkish proxy forces which are the main forces conducting the offensive on the ground. this includes members of the syrian opposition, members of the free syrian army, some of which who have had a historic relationship with the united states. host: they are against bashar al-assad. guest: which makes this a complicated operation because turkey is building a counter assad force, but using that to fight the american local partner in the east. iskey's reason for fighting its leadership is kurdish. there is a kurdish militia that conducts most of the capable military fighting. that is known as the ypg and is affiliate-- a syrian of a wider kurdish movement inside turkey, the pkk. president erdogan has warned the u.s. that the par

sreenivasan: for more perspective on abu bakr al- bas,ghdadi and i'm joined here in the studio by jennifer cafarella. she's a research director at th institute for the study of war. to be dead before but an weren't real, how significant it? >> the eli enations of the leader abu bakr al-baghdadi is a very big deal. we have been on theunt sinc 2014 when we intervened to halt isis rampage across the midd mle east and the death-of-baghdadi could vey disruptive effect not only on the ability ice toys reinstitute inside of iraq an sya, but also potentially disrupng isis global expansion which has been a key priority this year up until his death. >> and he was tactically a didn't necessarily want everyone to show up here or show up there, just go ahead and o your attacks wherever you are. >> this has pry toe-- prioritize inspiring attacks, wherever there are muslim populations that could respond to his call. and the problem that the u.s. has faced even before the eliminhaion of baghdadi is isis already diversified its footprint for how it is generating not only the inspired attacks but also the high level

host: jennifer cafarella is here to talk ab >> jennifer is the director at the institute talking about the us withdrawal from syria. let's begin of the key players in the region. so what has been happening before the president made this decision? the key players are turkey that as the turkish material one --dash those that conduct the offenses on the ground the turkish proxy war is members of the syrian opposition

host: jennifer cafarella is here to talk about the u.s. withdrawal from syria. let's begin with the key prslets in the region. who are they and what has been happening before the president made this decision? guest: the key players include turkey, which has invaded northeastern syria, as well as the turkish military. we have a large body of turkish proxy forces which are the main forces con

host: jennifer cafarella is here to talk about the u.s. withdrawal from syria. begin with the key players in the region. who are they and what has been happening before the president made this decision? guest: the key players include turkey, which has invaded northeastern syria, as well as the turkish military. we have a large body of turkish proxy forces which are the main forces conducting the offensive on the ground. this includes members of the syrian opposition, members of the free syrian army, some of which who have had a historic relationship with the united states. host: they are against bashar al-assad. guest: which makes this a complicated operation because turkey is building a counter assad force, but using that to fight the american local partner in the east. iskey's reason for fighting its leadership is kurdish. there is a kurdish militia that conducts most of the capable military fighting. that is known as the ypg and is affiliate-- a syrian of a wider kurdish movement inside turkey, the pkk. president erdogan has warned the u.s. that the partnersh