Syria: Assad’s army faces troop shortage , report

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syrian mufti hassounSyria’s grand mufti, Sheik Ahmad Badr al-Deen Hassoun, a Sunni cleric closely linked to Bashar al-Assad, has called for more recruits to the Syrian army, the New York Times reports. It says the decree suggest Assad’s armed forces are in need of more recruits and may begin to strictly enforce compulsory service laws for the first time since the conflict began.

Around 40 Syrian soldiers are being killed each day, according to Jeffery White from the Washington Institute thinktank, who has just returned from a study tour of the region. He said he was given the figure by an analyst who had studied recent funeral data. “In his view the army was exhausting itself”, White said. The government is now relying increasingly to auxiliary and irregular forces, White said. A report by a UN panel on Monday also claimed the Syrian government was increasingly turning to the armed militia groups.

The number of Syrian refugees has increased by 10% within a week of topping 1 million. Figures from the UN’s refugee agency said the number of Syrian registered as refugees or awaiting registration now stands at 1,100,579. On Sunday the UN warned that the number of refugees could hit 3 million this year.

Guardian

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8 responses to “Syria: Assad’s army faces troop shortage , report”

  1. aleesara Avatar

    Does that tell you that maybe foreign fighters are going to Syria to fight against the regime? Just for the sake of a certain type of Sec

    1. wargame1 Avatar

      Iran and Hezbushaitan must go and support their stooge in Syria.

  2. aleesara Avatar

    Does that tell you that maybe foreign fighters are going to Syria to fight against the regime? Just for the sake of a certain type of Sec

    1. wargame1 Avatar

      Iran and Hezbushaitan must go and support their stooge in Syria.

  3. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    And, maybe, food shortages, soon, too?

  4. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    And, maybe, food shortages, soon, too?

  5. guss043 Avatar

    my feeling this conflict will take a minimum 5 years more until everything is flattened , the Syrian in Lebanon will become a permanent refugees as the Palestinian

  6. Guss Gibs Avatar
    Guss Gibs

    my feeling this conflict will take a minimum 5 years more until everything is flattened , the Syrian in Lebanon will become a permanent refugees as the Palestinian

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