Syrian Rebels' War of Attrition

Syrian Rebels' War of Attrition

Did Bashar al-Assad’s family try to escape Syria only to be stopped by an audacious attack on Damascus International Airport by Syrian rebels? It’d be nice to believe that that feverishly circulated rumour was true, but according to activists, it probably didn’t happen. Rather, any activity in or around the airport was probably aimed not at intercepting a high-value convoy but at hitting a power line: cutting off the regime’s flow of electricity or telecom capabilities having become a preferred tactic of the anti-Assad forces lately.

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