Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Sunni revolt is said to have collapsed around Syria’s capital. Rebel sources said Islamist militias capitulated to a demand by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad to a unilateral ceasefire around most of Damascus. The sources said the militias, including the Saudi-sponsored Islamic Front and Al Qaida’s Nusra […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — President Bashar Assad, strapped by a shortage of manpower, is said to have organized Alawite militias to quell the Sunni revolt in Syria. Opposition sources said the Assad regime has recruited thousands of young Alawites for military operations over the last four months. In most cases, the sources said, the […]
