Boston Public Radio Full Show: 2/20/2020

Syrian Refugee Camps Swell As Idlib Offensive Pushes Towards Turkish Border — Displaced Syrians walk on the road at village of Atmeh which hosts nearly 2 million displaced Syrians on February 20, 2020 in Idlib, Syria. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened in a speech on Tuesday, “imminent operations in Syria’s Idlib if Damascus fails to withdraw behind Turkish positions”. The threat comes after Syria’s government and its ally Russia rejected demands to pull back to ceasefire lines agreed upon in the 2018 Sochi accord. More than 900,000 civilians have been displaced by fighting in or around Idlib since December 1. Idlib is the last rebel stronghold of fighters trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and in the past years has become the last safe heaven for civilians displaced by fighting in other areas of Syria, its population has doubled to close to three million people, many of whom are now fleeing the government offensive towards overcrowded camps close to the Turkish border amid freezing conditions, creating a humanitarian disaster. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)

Aidan Connelly is a production assistant on Boston Public Radio. A graduate of Emerson College with a B.A in journalism, his work has appeared on WBUR, KCRW, and The Marketplace Morning Report.

February 20, 2020

Updated May 09, 2023

Today on Boston Public Radio:

— We opened our lines to callers to discuss Wednesday night’s Democratic debate.

— WGBH News Analyst and GroundTruth Project CEO Charlie Sennott discussed a possible peace deal between the U.S. and Taliban forces and the 900,000 Syrians currently fleeing to Turkey amidst Bashar al-Assad’s recent military advancements.

— Former Suffolk County Sheriff and Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral discussed the sentencing of Trump associate Roger Stone, and the question of whether Attorney General Bill Barr will resign.

— ESPN’s Howard Bryant discussed his new book, “Full Dissidence: Notes From an Uneven Playing Field.”

— Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price, hosts of WGBH’s All Rev’d Up, discussed Wednesday night’s Democratic debate and the possibility of the U.S. having its first Jewish president in Bernie Sanders or Michael Bloomberg.

— Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam discussed concierge medicine, rank choice voting and remembered the life of Jesuit astrophysicist Rev. George Coyne.

— Mass. Rep. Ayanna Pressley discussed Elizabeth Warren’s performance at Wednesday night’s debate and her view that Attorney General Barr ought to resign.

Aidan Connelly is a production assistant on Boston Public Radio. A graduate of Emerson College with a B.A in journalism, his work has appeared on WBUR, KCRW, and The Marketplace Morning Report.

Boston Public Radio Full Show: 2/20/2020

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