it's sad that assad is having peace forced on him, rather than being proactive and conceding defeat and telling his men to lay down their arms. i think he is dragging out the conflict around damascus so military personnel, equipment, and gold and foreign currency can be evacuated to the alawi area. if he was smart that's what he would've been doing since aleppo fell.  his silence looks really, really bad but i hope behind the scenes there's at least something positive going on.
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