Is Erdogan the big winner amid the Syria crisis?
With the speed at which developments in Syria are unfolding after the fall of the Assad regime, dynamics in the country and the region are in flux.
One question many are asking, however, is whether a decade or so of backing elements of Syria's armed opposition is now about to pay off for Turkey and President Erdogan.
Henri Barkey, an adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Cohen chair in international relations at Lehigh University, joins Thanos Davelis as we dig into this question, look at Turkey's role in Syria, and break down what's at stake for Syria's Kurds, refugees, and for the United States.
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