Today’s guest is Ezgi Başaran, a political scientist and author of the books Frontline Turkey: The Conflict at the Heart of the Middle East and The New Spirit of Islamism: Interactions Between the AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood. She is also the author of the weekly Substack called Angle, Anchor, and Voice.

Together with Diego Cupolo, editor-in-chief at Turkey recap, Ezgi discussed US proposals to arm Kurdish militias against the Iranian regime and the potential implications for both Turkey and the PKK peace talks.

Also covered are updates on the Syria transition government and its integration process with the Kurdish-led SDF.

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Vague and contradictory Trump says Iran war ‘won’, but not ‘won enough’ (Guardian)

Israel backing Iranian Kurdish plans to seize Iran border areas, sources say (Reuters)

Integration or conflict in northeastern Syria? Ten key points to consider (MEI)

Syria’s Kurds caution Iran’s Kurds against aligning with US against Tehran (Reuters)

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