Washington Escalates Covert Backing for Al Qaeda Militias in Aleppo

By Thomas Gaist | World Socialist Web Site | August 9, 2016 US-backed militias fighting against the Syrian government of Bashar al Assad have broken through the Russian and Syrian government encirclement of their positions inside the war-ravaged northern Syrian city of Aleppo, according to Western media. During fierce battles over the weekend, the US-backed, […]

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