Syrian rebels are gunning for Damascus. Turkey may like the prospect.
By James M. Dorsey
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Syrian rebels know what they want. Having captured two of Syria’s four largest cities, Aleppo and Hamas the insurgents are gunning for Homs, the country’s third largest urban center, and then the capital Damascus.
The rebels barely announced their capture of Hama, Syria’s fourth largest city, when video emerged of a long line of rebel military vehicles heading toward Homs, 45 kilometres further south on the M5 highway that stretches from Syria’s border with Turkey to the border with Jordan and connects the country’s foremost urban centers.
The rebels are already eying Damascus. Syrian state media reported the downing on Thursday of two “enemy” drones above the capital.
