Syrian rebels—long thought to have lost their fight against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s regime—shocked the world on December 1 after overrunning Syria’s second city, Aleppo, amid a panicked Syrian Arab Army (SA) withdrawal. Then came an even more shocking moment: the fall of Hama for the first time in the nearly fourteen-year conflict. At the time of this writing, rebel forces are continuing their lightning march toward Homs as fighting heats up in the eastern and southern parts of the country. Читать дальше...