Letters: If the US pulls out, the sane part of Syria will be crushed between the anvil of Assad and Erdoğan’s hammer, writes Clive Stafford Smith; while Paul Anthony Hewitson questions Jeremy Hunt’s assertion that keeping US troops in Syria would make London’s streets safer

Letters: Dr Hilary Hodge says everybody ages differently and Margaret Beetham says old age should be something to be proud of

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