Syria: U.S. Moves To Cut Off The East – But For What?
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By Moon of Alabama
The situation in the north-west Syria is turning favor of the Syrian government, though much work needs to be done. The army is recovering new ground in Hama governate and an intense bombing campaign is waged over Idelb governate which is held by al-Qaeda. As an analyst generally in favor of the opposition concedes:
Continued support for the northwest insurgency amounts to effectively subsidizing a jihadist safe haven in the Levant.
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The proxy war against the Syrian regime in the northwest, for the West, is lost.
The head of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri, agrees. He tells his forces in Syria stop holding land and to revert to guerilla war:
Ayman al-Zawahri told the jihadis, who control Syria’s northwestern Idlib province and other territory, to remain ...