Syria: Assad Digs In For Assault On Town Of The Doomed -- The Telegraph
If Homs is now a city of the damned, the town of Qusayr is doomed to be next in line.
On the edge of the largest rebel-held enclave in western Syria, it already has troops of President Bashar al-Assad's army pinning it from three sides.
Now, defectors say, the regime is preparing a new and final assault, digging in artillery at checkpoints along the highway and preparing for a bombardment of its civilian population.
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