{"id":311704,"date":"2026-01-22T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kurds-were-doing-the-dirty-work-for-us-in-syria-but-now-theyve-been-abandoned\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:00:10","slug":"kurds-were-doing-the-dirty-work-for-us-in-syria-but-now-theyve-been-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kurds-were-doing-the-dirty-work-for-us-in-syria-but-now-theyve-been-abandoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurds were doing the &#8216;dirty work&#8217; for US in Syria but now they&#8217;ve been &#8216;abandoned&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/kWtMtXheu0Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Kurds were doing the 'dirty work' for US in Syria but now they've been 'abandoned'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWtMtXheu0Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Kurds were doing the \u201cdirty work\u201d for the West in Syria as they fought ISIS but now they have been \u201cabandoned\u201d, as Syrian government forces have swept them out of large parts of the country, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum says.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kurds were doing the \u201cdirty work\u201d for the West in Syria as they fought ISIS but now they have been \u201cabandoned\u201d, as Syrian government forces have swept them out of large parts of the country, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum says. 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