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Eyewitness from Raqqa: ‘Isis plundered our lives’
SARA tells Swedish journalist Patrik Paulov what it was like living in the terrorist caliphate in Syria
Raqqa, Isis's former capital, lies in ruins after the jihadists were defeated by Kurdish-led forces in October 2017
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
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France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
IN NOVEMBER 2015 I was invited by the local Trade Union Education Association (ABF) to a seminar to talk about the Syrian war and the rise of terrorism in the Middle East.
In the meeting hall in a small city in the south of Sweden, many in the audience had their roots in the Middle East. Some of them had been in Sweden for a long time, others had come here as refugees with experiences of Isis terror.
After the lecture, a group of high school girls came up to me. Several of them came from Syria and they had a question: “In school, we talked about Isis. It was the United States that created Isis, wasn’t it?”
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