Former Syria PM: Assad controls only 30% of country

Aleppo : Syria | Aug 14, 2012 at 9:00 AM PDT

Source: Jerusalem Post

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The regime is collapsing, spiritually and financially, as it escalates militarily," he said. "It no longer controls more than 30 percent of Syrian territory."...But as the most senior civilian official to defect, his flight after two months in the job looked embarrassing for the president. FULL ARTICLE AT Jerusalem Post

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