This is indeed a devastating setback for the long-suffering peoples of Syria and the wider region, but it is by no means the end of their liberation struggle.

War hawks in the USA are obsessed with the idea that ‘taking out’ Iran will destroy the Axis of Resistance. They are dead wrong.

The middle east has been entirely reshaped – but not in the way the US imperialists planned 12 years ago.

People across the middle east continue to suffer war and economic hardships as the price of living on top of coveted oil resources.

It is widely accepted that the imperial powers committed terrible crimes in the past, but is the past really so different from the present?

If Erdogan isn’t careful, he could find himself in outright confrontation not only with Syrian but also Russian armed forces.

Self-defence is no offence; those who really want to stop war must stand with the resistance.

Trump admits it’s all about the oil and moves to steal as much of it as he can.

Will Kurdish separatists finally learn the lesson that they are entirely disposable to the imperialists?

Why has this huge step towards Syria’s total liberation been greeted with such howls of rage by those on the self-identifying ‘left’?

Kurdish nationalists must choose between unstable US-backed ‘self-rule’ and returning to a united Syrian fold.

British progressive organisations stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters under attack in Venezuela.

After eight years of bloody war aimed at shoring up its control over the middle east, the US has achieved exactly the opposite.

As Syria advances towards liberation, facts on the ground are pushing Turkey ever closer to Russia, deepening the splits in Nato.

Only total liberation will allow the country to rebuild a tolerant society and solve the problems that imperialist invasion has created.

Imperialist media continue to ignore or distort the plight of civilians trapped in US-controlled refugee camps.

And the more she advances, the harder becomes the imperialists’ task of keeping together the tissue of lies that was woven to justify their barbaric invasion.

A collective howl of rage from the liberal establishment greeted Trump’s announcement, but whether or not they manage to put the brakes on, the war in Syria is lost.

Despite all the best-laid plans of US imperialism, the Syrian people are pushing on relentlessly with the liberation of their country.

The imperialists are raging as strong diplomacy combined with military advances edge the Syrian people ever closer to their final victory.