Deeply Talks: Syria's Border With Jordan

Published: Oct. 11, 2017, 6:30 p.m.

In recent weeks, Jordanian officials have discussed the possibility of reopening Jordan’s border with Syria, pro-government forces have captured rebel positions along the shared frontier and opposition groups in the south have claimed that their U.S. and Arab backers asked them to withdraw and retreat into Jordan. On this episode of Deeply Talks, Alessandria Masi, Syria Deeply’s managing editor, and Hashem Osseiran, deputy managing editor, speak with Sam Heller of the Century Foundation about the situation along Syria’s frontier with Jordan and the possibility of reopening the border crossing between the two states. For more information on the war in Syria, visit www.newsdeeply.com/syria and subscribe to our weekly emails.