The Kurds fought against ISIS, then the US abandoned them
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The Kurdish people are arguably the largest stateless ethnic group in the world. Millions of people who share a common culture, ethnicity and language, but no power over their own future. And more importantly, they have been used as a tool by global powers to influence the Middle East for decades.

Special thanks to: Dr. Yerevan Saeed, Crisis Group, Dr. Bryan Gibson, ACLED

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— VIDEO CHAPTER —
00:00 Introduction
03:45 Snapshot of the Kurdish movements
07:16 A tool for conflict
11:39 The Syrian civil war
14:27 The situation of the Kurds today

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Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to The New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris covers interesting trends and stories at home and abroad and publishes them to his audience of over 5 million readers on YouTube. Harris produced and hosted the two-time Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex topics in an accessible way.

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