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Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters atop a machine gun fitted pick-up truck are driven towards the border with Syria
RENEWED clashes erupted on a strategic Syrian hilltop yesterday as Kurdish militia fighters tried to retake it from Turkish troops.
Turkish military officials cancelled a government-organised press tour to Bursayah Hill, separating the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin from the Turkish-controlled town of Azaz, due to “security concerns.”
The Turkish attack — and reported shelling in Idlib province by government forces — overshadowed a Russian-hosted peace conference which opened yesterday.
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)
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
