“Turkey’s War against Syria’s Kurds: A Regional and International Crisis”
Panel Discussion by Professor Asli Bali (UCLA Law) and Professor James Gelvin (UCLA History)
Thursday, October 31, 2019
12:00pm-2:00pm
Bunche Hall 6275
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s order withdrawing American troops from northern Syria, where they had been stationed in the war against ISIS, Turkey invaded, ostensibly to clear Syrian Kurds from the Syrian/Turkish border. The panel will discuss the origins of the crisis and its ramifications.
