Wednesday, June 5, 2013

On to Aleppo ...!

"...A Hezbollah fighter told Reuters the town had fallen in a rapid overnight offensive, allowing tanks and troops to roll into the rubble-strewn streets after dawn "We will not hesitate to crush with an iron fist those who attack us. ... Their fate is surrender or death," the Syrian armed forces command said in statement. "We will continue our string of victories until we regain every inch of Syrian land."....
A member of a pro-Assad Syrian military said the military focus may now move to the northern province of Aleppo, which has been largely in rebel hands for the last year...
The rebels said in a statement they (of course) had pulled out "in face of this huge arsenal (of pro-Assad forces) and a lack of supplies ...
Assad's forces had left an escape route into Debaa and the Lebanese border town of Arsal to encourage rebel fighters to quit Qusair ... "An exit remained open from the north and the fighters took a decision to leave from there."...
A senior Lebanese political source close to Hezbollah said the victory was a strategic success that would boost the morale of Assad's allies. He suggested that Hezbollah would not necessarily intervene directly in other battles but might offer indirect help to the Syrian army.
"The battle will continue in all regions, but I believe Aleppo (will be) first," he said. ...."

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