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KURDS continued to resist mounting attacks from so-called Islamic State militants Sunday as Isis ramped up its attack on Syrian town Kobane.
The People’s Protection Units (YPG) — which have staunchly defended the self-proclaimed Kurdish socialist Rojava republic in northern Syria — dismissed reports at the weekend that “Isis gangs” had infiltrated Kobane.
“This dream of some circles will not come true,” said the YPG command in a statement.
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)
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention