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WORLD LEADERS gathered yesterday for a special United Nations summit on terrorism, a day after Russia and the United States clashed over the Syrian civil war.
US President Barack Obama chaired the session of the UN general assembly, while Russia will preside over a session on countering extremism today.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Mr Obama yesterday to discuss the conflict in Syria, after the two men had delivered opposing views on the situation to the assembly.
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)
ALEX HALL follows the battered fortunes of Syria, a multi-ethnic country caught in the crossfire of competing imperialist interests