Despite a Series of Military Victories, the Syrian Regime May Be Weaker Than Ever
Divided, impoverished, and dominated by competing external powers.
June 15, 2020
Divided, impoverished, and dominated by competing external powers.
By the end of 2018, Bashar al-Assad and his allies had eliminated the major rebel strongholds in southern Syria, and the U.S. was preparing to abandon the northeast. In February, Assad’s forces began a largely successful assault on the last pocket of resistance in the country’s northwest. Yet despite these developments, Jonathan Spyer writes, the regime is by no means in a position to declare victory:
Divided, impoverished, and dominated by competing external powers.
Only the bookish can tell the vengeful mob which books to burn.
A claim that denies the Jewish people’s historic and legal rights to its homeland.
A special relationship between Jews and Christians.
What laws will it overturn next?
By the end of 2018, Bashar al-Assad and his allies had eliminated the major rebel strongholds in southern Syria, and the U.S. was preparing to abandon the northeast. In February, Assad’s forces began a largely successful assault on the last pocket of resistance in the country’s northwest. Yet despite these developments, Jonathan Spyer writes, the regime is by no means in a position to declare victory:
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