The Syrian Army overwhelmed the main rebel stronghold in the city of Homs on Thursday. The rebels claimed it was a “tactical withdrawal”, which it definately was not. They had reportedly taken a "pounding by artillery, tank and sniper fire for nearly a month." This type of enemy would no doubt force the rebels into a "tactical retreat." The rebels claimed the retreat was because they were " unable to justify keeping thousands of civilians marooned under dire humanitarian conditions." The Syrian govenment does not have enough elite soldiers to supress all of the uprisings around the country, but they have been fighting one at a time. The Syrian force is now expected to go farther north in order to suppress other "hot spots."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/world/middleeast/rebels-resisting-onslaught-in-syrian-city-activists-say.html?_r=1&hp
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