In this image provided by Hawar News Agency, ANHA, a line of U.S. military vehicles travel down a main road in northeast Syria, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria said American troops began withdrawing Monday from their positions along Turkey's border in northeastern Syria, ahead of an anticipated Turkish invasion that the Kurds say will overturn five years of achievements in the battle against the Islamic State group.
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In this image provided by Hawar News Agency, ANHA, a line of U.S. military vehicles travel down a main road in northeast Syria, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria said American troops began withdrawing Monday from their positions along Turkey's border in northeastern Syria, ahead of an anticipated Turkish invasion that the Kurds say will overturn five years of achievements in the battle against the Islamic State group.
In a matter of weeks, events in Syria have taken a global spotlight.
President Trump announced U.S. troop withdrawals from Syria in early October. As U.S. forces began pulling back from positions along the border, Turkey targeted the Kurds in northern Syria — an American ally in the battle against ISIS.
The situation on the ground is complicated. A civil war in Syria began in 2011 with a civil uprising and the eventual involvement of other actors, including the U.S. Russia, Turkey, minority groups and Islamist’s.
Appearing on Smart Talk Wednesday to provide an analysis of the situation is retired Army Col. Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Eurasian Studies at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle.
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Retired Army Col. Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Eurasian Studies at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, appears on Smart Talk, October 16,2019.
Also, it might surprise people to learn that a nationally recognized ballet school is tucked away on a wooded side street in a small central Pennsylvania town.
In 1955, Marcia Dale-Weary opened what is now called the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB) in Carlisle. Since then, the program has become well-known as a feeder school for prestigious ballet companies around the country.
The CPYB will perform a fall production called Once Upon A Rhyme that brings “storybook adventures to life through dance.” The ballet is at the Harrisburg Whitaker Center on October 26 and 27.
Joining us on Smart Talk to introduce the production are Nick Ade, CEO of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Cary Burkett, WITF on-air host and event narrator, and performers Ava Rittle and Jackson Martin.
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Nick Ade, CEO of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, performers Ava Rittle and Jackson Martin, and Cary Burkett, WITF on-air host and event narrator, appears on Smart Talk, October 16, 2019.
