Sunday, January 27, 2013

TheThe Syrian Civil War Has Arrived At Assad's Coastal Retreat Of Lataika

Image: Location of Latakia, Syria. Credit: Observer graphics

Even In Assad's Coastal Retreat, The War Has Come And The Bombs Are Dropping -- The Guardian

Bands of rebels, pursued by Syrian air power, are consolidating their position in mountains above the wealthy playground of Latakia – which may become the regime's last redoubt.

Local people describe it as a distant growl, an ever-present rumble, just to the north. A reminder that war is now at their doorstep.

It has been this way for two months in Latakia. The port city had managed to ride out Syria's civil war, seemingly content in the knowledge that whatever was happening in Hama to the south-east, or Idlib a little further north, an army stood between its gates and its foes. Not any more.

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My Comment: With the war now encroaching on what has previously been untouched from the conflict, it will be only a matter of time before even these "safe havens" will be gripped in full blown war.

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