And this was the plan
the rebel military regime scrapped as soon as they usurped power.»
Not exact matches
Putin claimed that while the Syrian
regime was «fully abiding» by the cease - fire,
rebel groups (some of which the US backs) were using it merely as an opportunity to regroup, and he accused Washington of being more concerned with retaining its
military capacity in the area than with trying to weed out the extremist
rebel groups from the more «moderate» ones.
The
regime has used a combination of a fierce
military onslaught and two negotiated withdrawals to empty out 95 percent of the enclave near Damascus, but
rebels are still entrenched in its largest town of Douma.
The Islamic State (ISIS) is fighting Syrian President Assad's
regime, Kurdish
militaries, the Iraqi army, and
rebel forces in Syria.
Toppled Moammar Gaddafi: In March 2011, joined a coalition of European and Arab governments in
military action, including air power and naval blockade, against Gaddafi
regime to defend Libyan civilians and support
rebel troops.
The main aim of the mission has been accomplished, the
rebels no longer pose a direct
military threat to the survival of the Assad
regime and the gains made against the
rebels are solid enough to be maintained by the Syrian army itself.
In other words: where to draw the line between degrading
regime capabilities to make Assad more acquiescent to international demands to negotiate and weakening him so much that
rebels sense a
military victory for them is now possible?
As the Syrian government suppresses pro-democracy
rebels, the
regime's
military supremacy and grip on information about its citizens is seriously hampering the task of verifying fatalities.
The criticism has grown louder amid the debate over whether Washington should use
military force against the Syrian
regime, with some lawmakers withholding support until the administration committed to providing the
rebels with more assistance.
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