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THE United Nations demanded access yesterday to the Palestinian refugee camp at Yarmouk in Syria, where Isis forces are battling rebels associated with the Free Syrian Army as well as government troops.
Although in other parts of Syria battles have broken out between Isis and the equally bloodthirsty al-Qaida affiliate the Nusra Front, the two organisations are apparently co-operating in the assault on Yarmouk.
The link highlights the chaotic nature of foreign intervention in Syria.
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)
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
