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Perfidious Albion: Blair asked Assad to act against jihadists including Abu Mohammed al-Julani, whose overthrow of Assad Britain has now welcomed
Tony Blair urged Syria’s then president Assad to act in 2004 against the Islamist group which has now come to power in Damascus.
Government documents show the perfidy of British policy in the region, with Britain now hailing the Islamists of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as liberators while damning Assad as a tyrant.
In 2004 British secret service officials beseeched Assad to help stop fighters entering Iraq via Syria.
Corbyn and Sultana commit to launching new socialist party
If Labour MPs who rebelled over the welfare reforms expected to be listened to, they shouldn’t have underestimated the vindictiveness of the Starmer regime. But a new left party that might rehome them is yet to be established, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott
