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2015-04-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria: Assad regime losing control of border crossings

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Posted by Fred 2015-04-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 How many "Assad regime losing control" posts we had here in the last 4 years?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-04-04 04:37|| 2015-04-04 04:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Turkish propaganda favoring their Sunni brethren. Sunni majority nations surrounding Syria have closed their border crossings to Assad's regime. For that reason, these crossing are worthless as trade routes, except to the Sunni opposition. Given that borders with Sunni majority states are also areas where rebels are well-supplied and presumably allowed to slip back over the border by friendly Sunni regimes after hit-and-run attacks, Assad would have to be a real sucker for punishment to continue manning these border crossings unless they happen to have some kind of strategic value independent of trade.

That he doesn't control them shows he doesn't control the whole country, and that the rebels are posing a viable challenge to his rule. If he ever gets round to controlling them, he will have crushed the rebels.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2015-04-04 07:26|| 2015-04-04 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 If he ever gets round to controlling them

He'll get bombed.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-04-04 08:07|| 2015-04-04 08:07|| Front Page Top

#4 $5 says Assad has the How Many Days Until Obama Leaves app on his startup screen.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-04-04 10:24|| 2015-04-04 10:24|| Front Page Top

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