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The Daily Roundup - Thursday, July 9, 2020

Today we discuss the current situation in Iraqi Kurdistan, where civilians are bearing the brunt of Turkey’s aggression, along with Turkish crimes in the region with David Phillips. 

David Phillips is the Director of the Program on Peace-Building and Rights at Columbia University, is a former senior adviser to the UN Secretariat and U.S. Department of State, and the author of “The Great Betrayal: How America Abandoned the Kurds and Lost the Middle East, and “An Uncertain Ally: Turkey Under Erdogan's Dictatorship”.

You can read the articles we discuss on the Daily Roundup here:

Turkey must face a reckoning for its crimes in Iraqi Kurdistan

Greece accelerates green energy push despite pandemic downturn

Greek researchers say close to launching own, cheaper COVID-19 test

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