The increasingly isolated political and economic position of the Bashar al-Assad government, underlined by the Arab League's sanctions, and the specter of heightened Sunni-Shi'ite violence could lead Syria's armed forces to abandon their previously solid support. However, like many dictatorships the Assads came to power through multiple coup d'etats, so Damascus has safeguards in place to restrain ambitious colonels.
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