This is why the tanks moved into Daraa earlier and Rastan just recently. No one in the Syrian leadership wanted to have another Benghazi in Syria. Leaving Hama the way it was for the whole month of Ramadan would have made any attempt to retake the city that much harder to accomplish thereafter. In the end, the risk of waiting was deemed too high. The sensitivities of moving the army into Hama on that day were not lost to Damascus. Hama was steadily moving away from central control. But these have been too sporadic to make a noticeable rupture in the army’s control over the Syrian territory.Ģ- The defining moment in the past seven months came on the eve of Ramadan. There is no doubt that some desertions have taken place. As Syria approaches the seven month anniversary of its conflict, the following is becoming clear:ġ- The Syrian military and internal security apparatus is a cohesive group that seems unlikely to disintegrate anytime soon.
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