This is popular front, a podcast focused on the niche details of modern warfare and

underreported conflict with me Jake Hanrahan.

Today we're speaking to analyst Aris Kader and he's going to be explaining to us why Turkey is bombing

Iraqi Kurdistan. Now you might remember last week there was this horrific

video that went round Twitter where basically there's a Kurdish family playing in

the river in Sulimania and a Turkish drone strike hits just 20 meters away.

Many of them were injured.

The kids had shrapnel embedded in them.

One woman lost their legs.

It was horrible.

There is a whole history behind this situation.

It's very complicated. And there's a lot to be said about why Turkey is

bombing right next to civilians and all of that so Ariz is going to explain that to us

hopefully it all makes sense if you like what we're doing here at Popular Front, please do consider supporting at

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So there was the Air Strike recently right it was all over Twitter where

what it's like a family is just playing in I think the river right near

Sulamania everyone goes there right it's like a tourist

well not even a tourist it's like a family destination right where people play with their kids in the

river and what have you and then on this video we see this

air strike we don't see the air strike you hear the air strike and then you can see a bit of shrank see this

air strike you don't see the air strike you hear the air strike and then you can see a bit

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