Airstrikes by the US and other countries have not yet slowed advances by the so-called Islamic State–ISIS or ISIL. One place threatened by the brutal extremists is Kobane, a Kurdish town in Syria near the border with Turkey. We’ll hear reports and analysis of how the warfare is going.
The Islamic State Is Making Advances Despite Air Strikes
Credits
Guests:
- Liz Sly - Washington Post - @lizsly
- Asli Aydintasbas - Milliyet - @asliaydintasbas
- Robin Wright - contributing writer at The New Yorker magazine, and a joint fellow at U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center - @wrightr
- Borzou Daragahi - BuzzFeed News - @borzou
- Douglas Ollivant - New America Foundation - @DouglasOllivant