On the October 2nd edition of Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, the war in Syria dominated discussions at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York and Russia became the 13th country to bomb Syria.
How are the media covering the role of outside forces in the Syrian civil war? We’ll also discuss the Taliban's major attack on the northern Afghanistan city of Kunduz.
Guests:
Ali Latifi, Special Correspondent at Los Angeles Times
Jonathan Landay, national security and intelligence correspondent for the MacClathy Newspapers
Borzou Daragahi, Middle East correspondent for BuzzFeed News
Web Resources:
BuzzFeed: What It’s Like To Be A Syrian Civilian Under Russian Bombs
McClatchy: Syria Rebels Likely Hit By Russia
LA Times: Afghan forces retake Kunduz from Taliban, government says
LA Times: Fall of Kunduz threatens to erode confidence in Afghan government
Amnesty International: Harrowing accounts emerge of the Taliban’s reign of terror in Kunduz Afghanistan