12-05-2024, 07:34 PM
Hama has fallen to the rebels and the regime loyalists are surprisingly fleeing to Damascus (not their coastal Alawite strongholds).
It seems like they hope/expect some kind of deal or Assads capitulation before the rebels assault it.
If the rebels take Homs, they can cut off the Russian naval base at Tartous and drive them into the sea.
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The Russians have bombed the bridge between Hama and Homs but there is little else they can do.
It seems like they hope/expect some kind of deal or Assads capitulation before the rebels assault it.
If the rebels take Homs, they can cut off the Russian naval base at Tartous and drive them into the sea.
The Russians have bombed the bridge between Hama and Homs but there is little else they can do.