2019-20 秋 Week 7 Assignment 6.mp4 Kurds have reached a military agreement with Syria to get support from the Assad regime that 1______________________________ for the U.S. Correspondent Steve Harrigan is in northeastern Syria tonight. What began as a military operation against what Turkey calls 2______________________________ something perhaps much bigger, much more dangerous—a war between Turkey, a NATO member, and Syria, a country backed by Russia. Kurdish officials wasted little time in finding a new partner 3______________________________ a stab in the back. Syrian government troops under Bashar al-Assad reached the front lines within hours of the deal, 4______________________________. -Thank God for the return of army. Thank God for the return of the Syrian Arab army. The fighting is brutal. 5______________________________, executing Kurdish prisoners on the battlefield, pulling a female Kurdish political leader from her car and shooting her in the head. A convoy 6______________________________, killing nine. Dozens of civilians on both sides of the border have been killed by mortar shells exploding into homes. There is 7______________________________ that no one is doing anything to save them. -Where is the United Nations? Let them come 8______________________________. Why don't they show up? Our children are gone, our girls are gone and our strength is gone. Several world leaders have warned that the conflict could lead to a resurgence of the Islamic State in the region. The Kurds 9______________________________ and family members in Syria. Over the past three days, at least 10______________________________ at these facilities. Civilians are also looking for an escape from fighting that's come to their doorstep. 130,000 people are on the move, trying to get away from the fighting. And that number has grown each day. Brett? Steve Harrigan in northeastern Syria. Steve, thank you.