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Does Syria Stalemate Benefit Baath Regime?

Juan Cole 11/22/2013

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Although it is hard to know what is going on in Syria on the ground, it does seem clear that the momentum is with the regime now, and no longer with the rebels.

The Syrian army has made important gains since last March. Regional non-state actors have emerged as important to Syria, whether Hizbullah on the regime side or al-Qaeda on the (mostly Sunni) rebel side.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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