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Intelligence chiefs have to decisively analyse the risk posed by group once affiliated to islamists al-Qaida

The Syrian opposition’s recent capture of the country’s largest city of Aleppo caught much of the international community by surprise. After the involvement of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah in the prolonged Syrian civil war, many observers assumed that Bashar al-Assad’s forces had won the conflict.

The forgotten Syrian civil war has again flared up with the spectacular capture of Aleppo by opposition forces. A complex set of circumstances created the right time for rebels to strike, plunging Syria into an uncertain future and catching President Bashar al-Assad by surprise.

Turkey could be one of the big winners from the new Syria crisis, giving it a chance to tackle its Syrian refugee problem and the Kurdish threat along its border, observers say.

Several hundred demonstrators marched through central London.

Around 100 demonstrators gathered, some holding placards with “stop the attacks on Kurds” and “hands off our community centre”

The protest in London follows the arrest of several people after an investigation into a separatist group.

Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey among properties being searched by officers investigating banned group

The 31-year-old was arrested as part of an investigation into the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK, police said