World update: October 18 2019

Stories from Lebanon, Pakistan, Albania, and more

You may have noticed there’s been no podcast this week. I believe I’ve found a good replacement for Audacity but I’ll need to get accustomed to it. Look for a new podcast, hopefully an interview, next week.

MIDDLE EAST

SYRIA

The 120 hour “ceasefire” that Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo got Turkey to accept on Thursday didn’t even really survive into Friday, if …