it seems like in most cases they're: > surrendering > defecting to the rebels > running away to other countries (happened today in abu kamal, they crossed the border and surrendered to the iraqi armies) > running away towards damascus this is a stunning example of what in military parlance is called a "rout", it rarely happens in modern warfare, the only partial analogy that comes to my mind is the italian rout after the defeat at caporetto during wwi
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