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KURDISH militia closed the noose on the northern Syrian town of Manbij yesterday, capturing an Islamic State (Isis) headquarters.
The YPG militia captured the Isis HQ in a hospital in the west of the town. It was being used as a command centre and logistics hub.
Anti-government groups claimed that a US-led coalition air strike on Al-Tukhar, a village nine miles to the north of Manbij, killed at least 56 civilians.
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