Claim made by UK-based group; Syria admits 'significant damage' at airport, main runway out of use, all flights suspended; Syrian state television says repair work started
Russia condemns 'vicious, provocative' attack; both runways in Syrian capital hit three times; Israel has accused Iran of using civilian flights to transfer weapons to Hezbollah
There are growing mass protests, but very little, if anything, in the way of conscious organisation. Under these contradictory circumstances the left must avoid the temptation of giving up on basic anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist principles, insists Yassamine Mather