> it has never been this bad they didn't have hama, but they occupied southern syria and had pressure on damascus. now they have hama, but assad has no pressure near damascus or latakia and can create a successful defense and counter-attack on homs.  they caused the saa to retreat, they did not defeat the saa, that is a key difference. the rebels fought against hot air and captured land, but they did not destroy their enemy which has taken all this time to regroup and prepare in homs. we will see a stabilization of the conflict outside homs and a gradual advance of the saa with air support from russia.    the saa were under orders to retreat and regroup.
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