The Report Episode 92 | Part 2/3 (13/10/14) - Turkey Forces Idle as Islamic State and Kurds Clash

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Channel: Islam Channel · 2014 · News & Politics

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policy in the fight against the Islamic State group has earned the country criticism from Washington as Kobani, the largely Kurdish town on Syria's border with Turkey is on the brink of collapse. Military tanks parked at the Turkey-Syria border are accused of presenting little more than a symbolic reminder of Turkish inactivity.

Joining Jonathan Steele to discuss this are Dr Latif Tas, a researcher and consultant from the University of Oxford with an expertise in Kurdish affairs and nationalism; and Fadi Hakura from the Europe Programme at Chatham House.

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