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THE Syrian army liberated a swathe of territory from Islamic State (Isis) in southern Aleppo province yesterday, in the race for the extremists’ stronghold Raqqa.
Troops captured seven villages east of Khanasser, bringing the total in the previous 24 hours to 13.
And in the south, near Damascus, the army surrounded a pocket of al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front extremists in east Ghouta, isolating them from the main territory of the “moderate” Army of Islam.
IAN SINCLAIR examines the curious memory lapses across liberal media when it comes to British government crimes
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)