By EA World View - A story that illustrates the “patchwork war”, defying immediate headlines that either side is “winning” in Syria’s 38-month conflict…. While the Syrian regime has proclaimed victory in its Qalamoun offensive between Damascus and the Lebanese border,...

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BEIRUT (AP) — Two years ago, it seemed almost inevitable that Syrian President Bashar Assad would be toppled. Despite a fierce military crackdown, people were still taking to the streets in exuberant anti-government protests and rebels were pressing their fight deeper into the...

Homs (Syria) (AFP) - The last rebels were set to leave Syria's battleground city of Homs on Friday, handing a symbolic victory to President Bashar al-Assad in what was once dubbed the capital of the revolution. For two years the rebels fought to keep besieging government forces at...