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TENSIONS on the Syria-Turkey border soared yesterday as Syrian government troops advanced through the Turkmen mountains.
Syrian forces captured Mount Kishkar in the north of Latakia province after killing a number of insurgents, a military source said.
Government troops reportedly retook nearby Hill 1112, overlooking the strategically important town of Jisr al-Shughur on Saturday.
Andy Burnham offers unconditional support for Zelensky but no solutions to the underlying conflict between the Nato/EU bloc and Russia, says NICK WRIGHT
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)
MARK HAZELDEN criticises the Western narrative that the incident was an escalation of Russia’s confrontation with the West, given that Belarus, a Russian ally, warned Poland of off-course drones, and the drones were unarmed, cheap wooden decoys