Saturday, June 22, 2013

Assad's New Bodyguards



by Dr. Reuven Berko

The elite forces protecting Bashar Assad's regime no longer contain his Alawite faithful but thousands of Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah fighters who are making tactical inroads against the rebels. The new arrangement could drag the entire Middle East into a Sunni-Shiite war.

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Photo credit: Reuters

Dr. Reuven Berko

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=10145

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