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TENSIONS between Moscow and Nato reached their highest point in decades yesterday after Turkey shot down a Russian jet in the area around the Syrian border.
Russia’s Defence Ministry confirmed the Su-24 tactical bomber had been shot after video of the plane going down in flames followed by a large explosion on the ground appeared online.
Turkey said the jet was shot down by an F-16 fighter after violating its airspace and ignoring warnings to leave.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
In Washington, the willingness to accept an open war with Russia is growing — at Europe’s expense. While Nato states are being drawn into confrontation, Europe risks becoming the battlefield of a potential world war, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
