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Syria’s forever war - How Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds emboldened

Isis and the murderous Assad regime

By Shiraz Maher



wIllIam boyd * Megan nolan * ROWAN WILLIAMS * HELEN THOMPSON

DEBORAH LEVY * ECE TEMELKURAN * EIMEAR MCBRIDE * MAURICE GLASMAN

Stephen bush on BREXIT * LAUREN O’NEILL ON THE RETURN OF THE WAGS