At the outset of the rebellion two years ago, some tacitly supported President Bashar al-Assad, whose Alawite sect is a branch of Shia Islam; others were less keen, and blamed him for killing opponents.
But after sustained persecution by Sunni militias they say their survival depends on the protection of the Assad regime, which now funds their neighbourhood defence forces.
“We believe now that we have a religious cause as we feel that the Shia now are being targeted. Sunni gangs told us to take the Sayyida Zainab shrine and to leave,” said Fatma Merhi, 77, sitting alone in a bare room in her house in Machaghara.
“We have lived through many regimes so it is unfair to be called loyalists of Bashar al Assad. I am loyal to my country and it fills me with sorrow to see it destroyed. This is about defending ourselves. If the regime goes now we will have no future.”
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Izraelski i Americki zvanicnici nisu sigurni oko naoruzavanja pobunjenika http://www.timesofisrael.com/dont-arm-r ... -urges-us/ bar dok se ne utvrdi kome ce sta da ode. Valjda ne zele da ih sutra njihovim oruzjem napadaju.
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SAA u ofanzivi (opet) http://www.independent.ie/world-news/re ... 37628.html u Homsu pokusavajuci da osvoje/oslobode kvart Wadi Sayeh
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Otprilike 10% Amerikanaca podrzava intervenciju u Siriji http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 95,00.html dok je 60% protiv.
"Particularly given Afghanistan and the 10th anniversary of Iraq, there is just not an appetite for intervention,"
Tradicionalno oko trecine Amerikanaca uopste ni ne zna da se vodi rat u Siriji
a ja iz moga iskustva mogu reci da otprilike toliko i ne zna da postoji drzava koja se zove Sirija.
