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« Reply #200 on: August 06, 2012, 12:53:08 PM »

The PMs replacement is a alawite.
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« Reply #201 on: August 08, 2012, 09:34:22 PM »

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« Reply #202 on: August 09, 2012, 07:07:24 PM »

Erdogan went there:

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« Reply #203 on: August 09, 2012, 07:23:19 PM »

The rebels have lost a "key district" of Aleppo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19192413
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« Reply #204 on: August 09, 2012, 10:10:33 PM »

Lebanon isn't going to take sudden demographic changes too well.
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« Reply #205 on: August 09, 2012, 11:35:59 PM »

Lebanon isn't going to take sudden demographic changes too well.
Speaking of Lebanon a former minister and pro-Syrian regime guy there was arrested "for security reasons,"  http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/49451-michel-samaha-arrested-for-security-reasons
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« Reply #206 on: August 10, 2012, 12:01:59 AM »

and Two top clerics call on Lebanon’s Shiites to back Syrian uprising
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« Reply #207 on: August 13, 2012, 08:00:40 AM »

Rebels claim to have downed a Syrian jet

The footage is on YouTube and is already being linked to in other stories - it's a MiG-23BN, a supersonic ground-attack jet.
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« Reply #208 on: August 17, 2012, 12:17:26 AM »

The UN has ended its observer mission in Syria:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/UN-ends-observer-mission-in-Syria-as-Aleppo-under-renewed-attack/articleshow/15527837.cms
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« Reply #209 on: August 17, 2012, 06:11:48 AM »

"Assad to no longer be President of Syria by Dec. 31, 2012" is down to 46.1 on Intrade.  It hasn't been a good couple of weeks for the opposition, though I still think Assad is doomed in the long run.
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« Reply #210 on: August 19, 2012, 01:03:46 PM »

Bashar al-Assad goes clean-shaven in his first public appearance in a month:

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« Reply #211 on: August 23, 2012, 11:16:13 PM »

Few tidbits.  Maher al-Assad, Bashar's little bro, was wounded a few days ago, still some confusion on that.

More relevant to most of us, an American journalist named Austin Tice has gone missing in Syria and hasn't been heard from in two weeks.  Either he's lost his phone or something is seriously wrong.
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« Reply #212 on: August 24, 2012, 06:04:32 AM »

Paris backs Syria no-fly zone as fighting grows
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« Reply #213 on: August 24, 2012, 06:12:35 PM »

Let's hope this is more than lip service...
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« Reply #214 on: August 29, 2012, 02:28:25 AM »

Iran Said to Send Troops to Bolster Syria
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« Reply #215 on: September 17, 2012, 03:13:24 PM »
« Edited: September 17, 2012, 03:16:47 PM by The Mikado »

Current, useful map of control, for those interested:



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« Reply #216 on: September 17, 2012, 04:30:34 PM »


The rebels, certainly. These figures (to me) attract much more sympathy than the Libyan rebels, and we intervened militarily to support those.

I tentatively agree, although at this point I think the rebels should start to get serious about uniting and organizing themselves into a plausible alternative government now that it finally looks as if Bashar al-Assad's regime might be beginning to crumble.  Before today, I can understand why they didn't feel the urgency but since the lifespan of the regime is now being measured in weeks -not months- they need to quit procrastinating and get on to it.  Make it easier for the international community (and the United States) to lend its support to their cause. 

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« Reply #217 on: September 18, 2012, 02:13:42 PM »

Even worse: this thread was titled "End of the Bashar al-Assad Regime is in Sight"... back in January. Tongue
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« Reply #218 on: September 18, 2012, 06:30:45 PM »

Any particular reason why the two of you are acting like jackasses?  Having a bad day, perhaps?  Tongue

Yes, I was overly optimistic regarding the demise of Bashar al-Assad's regime -but it looked justified at the time.  

Give it a rest.  
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« Reply #219 on: September 18, 2012, 06:37:50 PM »

Any particular reason why the two of you are acting like jackasses?  Having a bad day, perhaps?  Tongue

Yes, I was overly optimistic regarding the demise of Bashar al-Assad's regime -but it looked justified at the time.  

Give it a rest.  

Sorry, not to pick on you personally. I just thought at the time that such "optimism" was ridiculous (especially after we witnessed how long the Libyan fiasco took) and could be used for comic effect at a later date. Three months seems to be an adequate amount of time for my vindication.
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« Reply #220 on: September 18, 2012, 06:55:37 PM »
« Edited: September 18, 2012, 06:57:37 PM by Californian Tony »

Any particular reason why the two of you are acting like jackasses?  Having a bad day, perhaps?  Tongue

Yes, I was overly optimistic regarding the demise of Bashar al-Assad's regime -but it looked justified at the time. 

Give it a rest. 

Oh, I'm really sorry. As SPC's, my post was absolutely not meant to pick on you.
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« Reply #221 on: October 02, 2012, 05:08:55 AM »

a little good news Top Hezbollah operative in Syria killed
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« Reply #222 on: October 02, 2012, 05:41:17 AM »

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« Reply #223 on: October 03, 2012, 02:28:09 PM »

A mortar attack from Syria killed 5 Turks, Turkey has responded by bombing Syria. This could be a big turning point in the war.
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« Reply #224 on: October 04, 2012, 09:36:45 AM »

Turkish parliament authorizes the PM to order military action against Syria: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19830928
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