Evening Edition: Have We Abandoned Our Syrian Kurd Allies?

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Dire warnings are being issued about the pressing need to protect the endangered Syrian Kurdish population under attack by government forces in the war-torn country. Both Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have taken to social media encouraging renewed support of the Kurds after hints have been made our relationship with them has ended. The U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) played a large role in dismantling the ISIS terror group's caliphate that spread from Syria to Iraq. FOX’s Eben Brown speaks Qanta Ahmed, world-travelled human rights investigator and Senior Fellow with The Independent Women's Forum, who says the United States needs to immediately begin active support of the Syrian Kurds, a longtime ally. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.9	Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I'm Eben Brown. The Kurds of the Middle East are finding themselves once again the target of despots and militants. Did the U.S. let it happen?
1:22.7	By stating that Al-Mid al-S. is going to take control of Syria, those Kurdish partners were
1:29.4	abandoned and immediately overnight lost support of U.S. partnership.
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