Renewed clashes in the Syrian city of Aleppo between the army and Kurdish fighters are undermining efforts to achieve national unity. The violence erupted after a failure to implement a deal on incorporating fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces into the army. Can tension be contained this time?

In this episode:

• Labib Nahhas, Syria analyst
• Omer Ozkizilcik, Nonresident fellow for the Syria Project in the Atlantic Council's Middle East Program
• Rob Geist Pinfold, Lecturer in International Security at King's College London

Host: James Bays

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