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Former Syrian PM: Assad controls less than 30% of the country

His former Prime Minister says that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad controls less than 30% of his country.

Former Syrian prime minister Riyad Hijab said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government is falling apart and controls only 30 percent of the country.

In his first public appearance since defecting to the opposition, Hijab told a news conference in Jordan that the government's spirits were low after struggling for 17 months to crush the revolt against Assad's rule.

"I tell you out of my experience and the position I occupied that the regime is collapsing, morally, materially and economically. Militarily it is crumbling as it no longer occupies more than 30 percent of Syrian territory," he said.

Hijab did not elaborate on that assertion, and took no questions from reporters.

Someone make sure that Obama knows that he can't take credit for this. Because surely he will try.

Labels: Bashar al-Assad, Syrian uprising

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:28 PM