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KURDISH militia closed the noose on the northern Syrian town of Manbij yesterday, capturing an Islamic State (Isis) headquarters.
The YPG militia captured the Isis HQ in a hospital in the west of the town. It was being used as a command centre and logistics hub.
Anti-government groups claimed that a US-led coalition air strike on Al-Tukhar, a village nine miles to the north of Manbij, killed at least 56 civilians.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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)