By Ashley Smith. This article was first published on Truthout. The combined forces of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Russian air power and Iranian-backed Shia death squads are reconquering Eastern Aleppo, according to reports — and with it, the last of the major cities liberated by the Syrian Revolution since 2011. “Aleppo is being destroyed and burned […]
Author Archives: Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith is a member of the editorial board of the International Socialist Review, to which he is a frequent contributor. His writing has also appeared on Z Net, Dissident Voice, CounterPunch and Socialist Worker. He helped found the Burlington Antiwar Coalition and is a member of the National Writers Union.
