IRC's David Miliband on the Horror Unfolding in Idlib, Syria

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 9 March 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Idlib, Syria is the last rebel holdout of the Syrian civil war, a bloody battle that is now in its ninth year. As President Bashar al-Assad launched a final push to retake the city, nearly a million people fled the area under tragic circumstances. This week, a look at the unfolding humanitarian crisis with the International Rescue Committee's David Miliband.

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0:00.0	These are the largest displacements, the most virulent fighting.
0:04.2	It's a humanitarian emergency.
0:06.3	It's a political emergency.
0:10.8	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast, where you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.
0:18.1	I'm Ian Bremmer, and today I focus on an unfolding crisis you may not have heard much about.
0:23.3	A Syrian government offensive is underway.
0:25.8	The objective is to retake the last remaining rebel holdout of the war,
0:30.1	and nearly a million Syrians have already fled.
0:33.5	It's the largest exodus of the conflict to date.
0:36.2	The battle lines are moving, squeezing residents of Idlib province
0:40.3	against a sealed Turkish border to the north.
0:44.2	All of these people are trapped, and many are children.
0:47.3	I'm going to examine the roots of this crisis
0:49.5	with a man who is desperately trying to address it.
0:52.1	That's David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee.
0:56.7	Let's get to it.
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1:33.9	David Milband, president of the International Rescue Committee, former Foreign Secretary, good friend. Great to be back with you.
1:34.9	Thanks, Ian.
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