Friday 3 August 2012

Syria’s DIY Revolt

Syria’s DIY Revolt

'"We are using bullets that cost $3," lamented a Syrian rebel commander, "and they are coming with bombs that cost thousands."
That may be so, but Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters have used those $3 bullets to bring President Bashar al-Assad's regime to the brink of collapse.'
After the suicide bomber wiped out much of the high command, I thought that it might be even money that Assad was dead or fled by the end of this weekend; which might be optimistic, but the Guardian reminds us that "an expected government ground offensive [in Aleppo] did not materialise", and if Aleppo is won, the end may not be long in coming.

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