Inspiration: The soldiers prayed as it was reported that Syrian forces had regained control of one of two border crossings seized by rebels on the frontier with Iraq. Daily Mail
Does The CIA Really Have No Idea About The Nature Of Syria's Rebels? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
It's hard to believe, but so say anonymous officials in a Washington Post article published yesterday.
Syria's war has raged for well over a year in a region of intense US interest. The country shares borders with Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and NATO ally Turkey. President Bashar al-Assad's regime has a chemical weapons stockpile. The country is a close ally of Iran. And the US has long urged Syrians, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, to upend their country's political order and build a new order while successively piling sanctions on the central government.
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Update: In Syria conflict, U.S. struggles to fill intelligence gaps -- Washington Post
My Comment: The Israelis are probably the best source for intel on what is happening in Syria .... as well as the Jordanians and Saudis. On a side note .... I talked about this a few days ago.
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