Assad Makes Small But Strategic Gains In Syrian Civil War As Rebels Begin To Lose Hope -- Ruth Sherock and Richard Spencer, The National Post/The Telegraph
The rebels are in disarray and the regime is gaining ground. Two Telegraph correspondents report from the front lines in Damascus and Aleppo
The posters of President Bashar al-Assad hang over the streets of Damascus a little prouder these days.
A few weeks ago, rebel mortars landed on Umayyad Square, the capital’s symbolic centre, and the noise of shelling was close and ever-present.
After two years of insurgency, residents said the city’s upmarket central boulevards felt besieged for the first time.
The state television building was attacked. Rebels established a chain of control from the north of the city around its eastern side to the fringes of the airport to the south-west. Even analysts who thought Mr Assad would be hard to beat were talking of a last stand on the Qasioun Mountains behind the city.
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My Comment: After two years of warfare there is no clear winner. I do not see Assad winning .... but I definitely do not see him losing (right now). As long as Russia/Hezbollah/and Iran continue to support the Assad regime .... they will still control their part of Syria. But if this Russian/Hezbollah/Iranian support wavers .... and the rebels get better weapons .... anything is then possible.
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