Kurdicide: Civilian Kurds slaughtered as US-backed Al-Qaeda seeks control in Syria (VIDEO)

The UN told RT that it's launched an investigation into the reported slaughter of Kurdish civilians by Al-Qaeda linked groups in Syria.

450 Kurds, most of them women, children and the elderly, were allegedly killed in the north-east of the country.

The outgoing Deputy Director of the CIA warned that the spread of extremism in Syria poses a threat to US national security.

For more analysis RT joined by Richard Becker, an anti-war activist from the Answer Coalition.