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A screen shot of a Syrian TV news report of Israeli missiles falling on Damascus, Syria
ISRAEL launched a second deadly missile strike on Syria today amid warnings that the Middle East is edging closer to a wider war.
Tel Aviv’s latest aggression occurred in the wake of its bombing of a Syrian military base just an hour after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday.
At least nine pro-government troops were killed in Tuesday’s blast, including members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard which has been aiding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the seven-year war ravaging the country.
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
While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues
