The Sudden Rebel Advance in Syria Creates ‘Real Possibility’ of Assad’s Fall | English News | N18G

Syrian rebels were poised to take control of the strategic city of Hama on Thursday, dealing a serious blow to President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Russia and Iran and raising the stakes for an insurgency that now controls a huge swath of territory.

Capturing Hama would leave only one major city, Homs, in government hands on the road from rebel-held northern Syria to Damascus, the capital. The rebels have vowed to take Homs, potentially cutting off Assad from his ancestral homeland near the country’s coast and jeopardizing his hold on power. Homs, a city of about 800,000 people, sits at a strategic juncture between Damascus, the Mediterranean Sea, and the border with neighboring Lebanon.

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