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missiles and be done with it. That
may not prove true.
6) Reprisal. The Syrian army, Syrian army sympathizers, Syrian army
allies like Hezbollah, or some other pro-Syrian ... amount to intervention on
the side of the opposition.
• An air campaign against the Syrian army could do more to ensure that the
regime fell than to determine its replacement ... opposition forces by denying air support and especially air mobility and
resupply to the Syrian army, but the recent trajectory of the civil war
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suggests that genuinely turning
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armed opposition. The council says it
supports the defensive use of weapons.
But exiled Syrian Army officers who formed the Free Syrian
Army, based in Turkey, have stayed aloof from ... protect all Syrians regardless of creed, ethnicity
or political allegiance. The Free Syrian Army, a growing force
of defectors from the government's army, would set up these no-
kill ... possibly
Britain and France could offer tactical and strategic advice to the
Free Syrian Army forces. Sending them in is logistically and
politically feasible; some may be there already. Crucially
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armed opposition. The council says it supports the
defensive use of weapons.
But exiled Syrian Army officers who formed the Free Syrian Army, based
in Turkey, have stayed aloof from ... protect all
Syrians regardless of creed, ethnicity or political allegiance. The Free
Syrian Army, a growing force of defectors from the government's army,
would set up these no-kill ... possibly Britain and France could offer
tactical and strategic advice to the Free Syrian Army forces. Sending them
in is logistically and politically feasible; some may be there already.
Crucially
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cross-checked sources produced this
information. Among them: sources that eavesdropped on the
Syrian army's tactical frequencies and surveillance satellites that
monitored movement out of a bunker known ... that, in his opinion, there was no way of closing
the gap between the Syrian army and the IDF in the near future.
Thus, Assad decided to invest ... personnel separate the two forces, and that gap
was true with regard to the Syrian army even before it was
stretching its forces out in all directions in the attempt
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tens of thousands of lives.
Gen. Salim Idriss, the commander of the moderate Free Syrian Army, said
in a telephone interview Monday that he's prepared to join ... dangerous for the future of Syria" and that, after Assad's departure, the
Free Syrian Army would be ready to join the regular Syrian army in
fighting them.
An intelligence ... more
than 35 foreign journalists, 60 Syrian political activists and more than 100
Free Syrian Army fighters. It also controls key areas along the Turkish-
Syrian border, where it lies
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anticipated — but
not because we were threatened in any way by the Free Syrian Army
soldiers who took us around or by the Islamist Jabhet al-Nusra fighters
who stayed ... Sunni, fled there with her son Mohammed,
19, a member of the Free Syrian Army, who was badly wounded in a
firefight a few months ago. Raised in the northeastern ... children after the drought wiped out their farm,
he is now the Free Syrian Army commander in the Tel Abyad area. We met
at a crushed Syrian Army checkpoint. After
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their hands on them. Col. Riad al-
As'ad, head of the opposition Free Syrian Army, says al-Qaeda is not
operating in Syria. But al-Qaeda leader Ayman ... other allies create humanitarian corridors or designate
safe havens guarded by the Free Syrian Army, or both, to provide relief to
the Syrian population and dissident groups. The Turkish prime ... that
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the FSA is not capable of confronting coordinated attacks by the loyal
Syrian army. If NATO sends peacekeeping troops, they can either be held
hostage by the Syrian
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been drafted by Brig. Gen. Salim
Idriss, the new commander of the opposition Free Syrian Army.
In a letter dated Feb. 4, he seeks U.S. assistance in "training ... which is one
of Syria's biggest power-generating facilities. Rebel sources said
the Syrian army gave up the strategic dam after army positions
there were overrun. The rebels negotiated ... over.
•The Aleppo International Airport, southeast of the city, is close
to falling. Free Syrian Army sources said Tuesday that their
fighters, including allies in the extremist al-Nusra Front
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been drafted by Brig. Gen. Salim
Idriss, the new commander of the opposition Free Syrian Army.
In a letter dated Feb. 4, he seeks U.S. assistance in "training ... which is one
of Syria's biggest power-generating facilities. Rebel sources said
the Syrian army gave up the strategic dam after army positions
there were overrun. The rebels negotiated ... over.
•The Aleppo International Airport, southeast of the city, is close
to falling. Free Syrian Army sources said Tuesday that their
fighters, including allies in the extremist al-Nusra Front
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Council
(SNC), which was established in Istanbul last summer, and
currently host the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
All talk about a no-fly zone on the Syrian-Turkish border raises ... Iranians are
unable to go to war for Syria. If the Syrian Army ventures into
the northern Syrian city of Idlib, as it did in Horns, then this
would place ... reporters what awful shape
they are in? Did they discuss how much of the Syrian Army is a
poorly trained force of Sunni conscripts on which the regime
cannot rely
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Obama can't dodge
the Mideast's bullets
Jackson Diehl
September 16 -- When the Syrian army launched its sarin attack
in the Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21, the country ... finally willing to enter the Syria
conflict against Assad. The leaders of the Free Syrian Army, the
opposition groups fighting Assad that are not affiliated with al
Qaeda, greeted ... targets with praise. Mohammed al-Aboud,
commander of the eastern front for the Free Syrian Army's
Supreme Military Council, told The Daily Beast on Sunday: "In
my area
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Obama can't dodge the
Mideast's bullets
Jackson Diehl
September 16 -- When the Syrian army launched its sarin attack in the
Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21, the country ... finally willing to enter the Syria conflict against Assad. The
leaders of the Free Syrian Army, the opposition groups fighting Assad that
are not affiliated with al Qaeda, greeted ... targets with praise. Mohammed al-Aboud,
commander of the eastern front for the Free Syrian Army's Supreme
Military Council, told The Daily Beast on Sunday: "In my area
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defensive use of weapons.
But exiled Syrian A=my officers who formed the Free Syrian Army, based in Turkey, have stayed =Ioof from the council,
and even they ... protect all Syrians regard=ess of creed, ethnicity or political allegiance. The Free Syrian Army, a
growing force of defectors from the government's=army, would set up these ... possibly Britain and France could offer t=ctical and strategic advice to the Free Syrian Army forces. Sending them i=
is logistically and politically feasible; some may be there already
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rebels
something to call Washington on to ask for weapons. Members of the
Free Syrian Army I've interviewed say that they need anti-tank and
anti-aircraft munitions, neither ... what exactly remains unclear. The majority of the Free
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Syrian Army is composed of armed civilians. In fact, many defectors
have fled Syria ... will be equally put out. This week
saw the surprise visit to the Free Syrian Army — the main, Turkish-
based rebel force — of US senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain
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bloody crackdown and promises of Western and
Arab help for the rebel Free Syrian Army do not materialize,
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activists and analysts say, there is a real ... doing nothing opens the door for jihadis," said Lt.
Abdullah al-Awdi, a Free Syrian Army commander who
defected from the regular army in the summer and was
interviewed during ... associated with the global jihadi
movement, said Joseph Holliday, who is researching the Free
Syrian Army at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington
and believes extremists
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bloody
crackdown and promises of Western and Arab help for the rebel Free
Syrian Army do not materialize, activists and analysts say, there is a real
risk that frustrated members ... doing nothing opens the door for jihadis," said Lt. Abdullah al-
Awdi, a Free Syrian Army commander who defected from the regular army
in the summer and was interviewed during ... associated with the global jihadi movement, said Joseph Holliday,
who is researching the Free Syrian Army at the Institute for the Study of
War in Washington and believes extremists
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Assad. In this option,
air strikes would also target the heavy weapons that the Syrian army is
using to shell cities; this could be combined with the creation ... Syrian civilians. Safe zones are easier to
declare than to enforce—and the Syrian army would surely contest any
effort to establish one or more. But they might be accomplished ... impractical to create such zones given the size and cohesion and capability
of nearby Syrian army forces. Creating a safe zone in the northeast, near
the Turkish border, would
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