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Assad flees as Damascus falls

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has fled to Russia as his army melts away amid cries of treason. Israeli troops are on the road to Damascus as their warplanes pound abandoned Syrian naval bases and army camps while Iran says Syria was the victim of Israeli and American regime change. The Syrian Arab Socialist Renaissance Party (al-Baath) has virtually dissolved itself – suspending all activities and handing over all its offices and resources to the remaining civil authorities. But some believe other Baathists have gone underground joining the resistance led by Syrian commandos that has already begun.

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Equal Pay Victory

by New Worker correspondent

Workers employed by Birmingham City Council have won a long-running battle for equal pay. On Tuesday it was announced that 6,000 women workers have secured victory despite the effectively bankrupt council saying it requires £760 million to fund it. The deal will formally be approved this week, bringing to a close the four-year-old dispute. The dispute involved largely female staff such as teaching assistants who have historically been underpaid in relation to those in male-dominated positions such as refuse collectors.

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Editorial

Syria’s downfall

Baath power began with the Syrian revolution in 1963. It ended this month. For most of that time the Party that led the Syrian Arab Republic was led by members of the Assad family.

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