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Newshour: Syrian Kurds Call for US Support in Afrin

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Syrian Kurds call for US Support in Afrin

21/01/2018 GMT

Syrian Kurds Call for US Support in Afrin

BBC World Service - Newshour, Syrian Kurds Call for US Support in Afrin

A leader of the Syrian Kurds says the United States is morally obliged to help in Afrin

As President Erdogan promises to crush Kurdish militants, a leader of the Syrian Kurds says that considering the support they have given the United States in helping defeat Islamic State, there is a moral obligation to help Kurds under attack by Turkey in Afrin.

Also in the programme: Ice Maidens make it to South Pole after 60-day trek; and an Arab-Israeli MP on why she will be boycotting the US Vice President's speech to the Israeli parliament.

(Photo: Turkish artillery shell the People's Protection Units (YPG) positions near the Syrian border on 21 January 2018 near Hassa, in the Turkish province of Hatay, as Turkish ground troops entered Syria to push an offensive against Kurdish militia as rocket fire hit a border town in apparent retaliation. Credit: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

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