With the northern reaches along the Turkish border increasingly under rebel control, some analysts were seeing a major shift in the civil war, the first one in quite some time.
But the indications are that the moves were by design, with the Assad regime choosing to abandon smaller outposts that were simply not practical to defend, while shoring themselves up in other areas, notably the capital city of Damascus.
This has left the capital with solid defenses, but rebel officials, flushed by those gains against smaller bases elsewhere, insist that it proves the regime is on its last legs, and has encouraged them to launch a “final push” on the capital.
At the same time, there is no sign the capital is about to fall, and there have been no shortage of “final pushes:” in this civil war. Locals in the capital seem mostly pro-Assad, with his opponents having long-since fled, and a city now under siege hoping to maintain a sense of normalcy. In many ways, constant open-ended war is the new normal for Syria.
The rebel have seen nothing yet.., wait until the end of the negotiation.., wait for few more months.., look: Jason, if the syrian government meant to be fallen it would have happened by now.., if Hillary Clinton meant to be the winner of her betting in changing the syrian government to what she deems right, then she would have been in Las Vegas celebrating her win, if the English or the Swedish Neo fascism, or for that matter the French or the germans policies toward nations in middle east meant to be announced as the winner, they would have come out shouting to the world that their policies toward nations in Middle East is the only one and workable.., if…, then Swedish Neo fascism would have announced their new Hitler as the europeans SS party leader. When that happens then you can say that Syrians are defeated.
A 10,000 foreign guided guerrilla fighter group says the army of the syrian people with 500,000 1) soldiers are "on Its Last Legs" ?
Damascus besieged?
I regard this as dirty war propaganda, to convince US people, it would better to help to quickly shorten/stop this war, which is already close to its end. The complete opposite of this war theater dramaturgy writer is the case of course.
The only thing the NATO guided guerrilla fighters can do, is their hide, hit and run tactis, supported by most advanced US urban fighting weapons – including anti-tank stingers and recently poison gas and with satellite surveillance guided attacks which satellite phones and command&control laptops provided by NATO. (This represents the "only non-letal communication devices" sent officially by USA.)
The targeted destruction of air-defense sites, any kind of civil infrastructur to reach serious effects on civil life, like gas and oil pipelines, powerplants, telecommunication etc., recently a chemical factory that can be used for poison gas, all this is the typical US Army method of hidden infrastructur damage show the attacked people they have no chance.
For those not informed (might be virtually all?) aware about this I suggest reading this:
Spanish NATO fighter jet pilots angry about NATO bombs on civilian targets http://www.srpska-mreza.com/Kosovo/NATO-attack/sp…
1) 220,000 regulars and 280,000 reservists
You are right 0800. The so-called Syrian opposition is a carefully nourished figment of the deluded brains of western imperialist leaders. It's all they have really. It is interesting that the BBC said that reports of possible Syrian government use of chemical weapons came from Israeli sources, the same menace that underlies all the tension and bloodshed in the middle east. The BBC has long since ceased looking at the absurdities of these claims.
good syrian strategy. pull back like you are about finished, draw the opposition hoping to be first in to loot or grab a seat for handouts, all into one mad group in a small area, then do what hanibal did to the romans.
Isn't it strange how most of the world accepts that war is normal? I mean, war is the ultimate barbarity yet somehow it has been sold as a good thing, a necessary thing, the very best way to solve problems.
We got this kind of insane thinking from the Yanks. After WW2, they suffered severe psychological traumas and began to think that war was 'The Way, The Truth and the Light'.
Yeah, forget all that love thy neighbor stuff. Kill you neighbor is the new thinking and, while you're at it, take all his possessions.
Live by the sword, die by the sword!
Unlike what the lame-stream may report, being a 'religious minority' in Syria doesn't seem necessary to oppose these guys…
http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=371206