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Erdogan slams Israel and US, vows escalation against Syrian Kurds

Turkey’s President Erdogan appears to be shifting away from his initial moderate tone following the shocking Hamas terror attack this past weekend. Instead, he slammed Israel and the US this week over their response to this terrorist attack. At the same time, Erdogan vowed on Wednesday to escalate Ankara’s ongoing military campaign against the Kurds in northeast Syria even as Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of war crimes. Amberin Zaman, the chief correspondent of Al Monitor, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss Erdogan’s latest escalation of rhetoric against Israel and the US, look into his threats to step up Ankara’s military campaign against the Kurds in northeast Syria, and break down whether Syria’s Kurds are slipping further down Washington’s list of priorities following the Hamas attack.

Read Amberin Zaman’s latest here: 

Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of war crimes as Erdogan vows escalation

Turkey's Erdogan strikes moderate stance as Israel-Hamas war rages

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in and in Relation to Syria

Gaza war tests fragile Israel-Turkey rapprochement as Erdogan ups rhetoric

Why Israel-Hamas is Erdoğan’s new ‘mission impossible’

EU Commission’s Schinas stresses ‘respect for democracy’ for West Balkans’ accession

Greeks denounce Albanian trial of mayor-elect as political

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