Assad admits he’s given up on defending parts of his own country

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We’ve been saying for some time now that Syria wasn’t just a mess… it’s no longer really a country. It is, sad to say, a failed state in nearly every sense of the term and the inmates are currently running the asylum. But if you needed any

further proof of that, check out some of the rare admissions coming from the nation’s alleged leader.

The Syrian leader said the army did not have the manpower to defend the entire country, especially as rebel groups were receiving increased support from outside – a reference to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.

“Sometimes, in some circumstances, we are forced to give up areas to move those forces to the areas that we want to hold onto,” Mr Assad said in a televised speech to dignitaries in Damascus.

“We must define the important regions that the armed forces hold onto so it doesn’t allow the collapse of the rest of the areas.”

The BBC’s Jim Muir – in neighbouring Lebanon – says it has been evident for some months that Syrian government forces have been focusing on defending certain key areas while not doing everything they might to defend outlying regions

where the army is really overstretched.

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