The fall of Damascus may be drawn-out, bloody and
excruciating. It will also have wide regional
repercussions, as DEBKAfile shows in this exclusive video,
because neither the Assad regime nor Iran will take it
lying down. Some sources report Syrian chemical weapons
have already been used against rebel concentrations.
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Syrian High Command Moves to Fortified Site: Bashar
Assad has gathered in his army to defend Damascus,
concentrating armored vehicles in the center. Six
srengthened Shabiha battalions have cut off the roads to
the center from the two southern suburbs of Meidan and
Tadmon seized by the rebels Monday, July 16, and are
trying the pound them into extinction. The Syrian
general staff prepared for the last battle for Damascus by
relocating its command headquarters to a well-fortified
complex on Shuhada Street in the capital’s center.
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