The president’s army is battle-weary,but the sarin attack and the US missile strikes indicate this war is far from overSyria bombing: what we know so farApril seemed to start well for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, and six years in to a civil war he once looked unlikely to survive.
Fighting still raged across the battered country but his army and the collection of militias and foreign militaries backing his government had the upper hand,and the White House appeared to believe taken any push for regime change off the table. Related: 'The dead were wherever you looked': inside Syrian town after chemical attack Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com