The former Labor leader said the “pouring of arms” into Ukraine would “prolong and magnify” the conflict. He urged the United Nations to broker a peace deal and, failing that, the African Union or the League of Arab States to try to step in as mediators. Corbyn was being interviewed by al-Mayadeen, a Beirut-based television station that generally supports the Assad regime in Syria and the Hezbollah group in Lebanon. One of its major offices is located in Tehran. Al-Mayadeen has toed the Kremlin’s line in its coverage of the conflict in Ukraine. A recent article entitled “Lessons from Vietnam for Ukraine” argued
