Patrick Cockburn: The Countries Pulling the Strings in the Syrian Civil War

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After a recent visit to Syria, Patrick Cockburn discusses the involvement of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey the US and Russia in the Syrian civil war


Patrick Cockburn is an Irish journalist who has been a Middle East correspondent since 1979 for the Financial Times and, presently, The Independent. Among the most experienced commentators on Iraq, he has written four books on the country’s recent history. Cockburn’s latest book is Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq.

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