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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: What happens next after Syrian army offensive against the SDF?
Description: After days of fighting, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and government troops under President Ahmad Al Shara agreed to a fragile ceasefire.
But in that short time – and with each side still accusing the other of attacks – the landscape has already changed.
Areas that were under SDF control, mostly in the north-east, are now in possession of the government. The Kurdish-led group was previously backed by the US in the fight against ISIS during the Syrian civil war, but that support had been fading as Washington gravitated closer to Mr Al Shara, even before the late...