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HARDtalk: Douglas Silliman - US Ambassador to Iraq, 2016-2019

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Stephen Sackur interviews Douglas Silliman, former US ambassador to Iraq until a year ago.

Stephen Sackur interviews Douglas Silliman, former US ambassador to Iraq until a year ago. Does Trump have a strategy – if so, what is it?

Though the fear of imminent war has receded, the Middle East has been profoundly destabilised by the American assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. The unfolding US-Iran conflict will impact the whole region, not least Iraq – where the Iranians are intent on hastening the end of America’s military presence. Stephen Sackur interviews Douglas Silliman, former US ambassador to Iraq until a year ago. Does Trump have a strategy – if so, what is it?

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