Syrian rebels of Qusair failure costs more than a strategic stronghold. It has made a mental abuse on them and deep helpless.
Their fight lesson: no matter how hard they, they speak to one of the main wall - their weapons did not match the regime. Despair of success, some of the opposition in the tactical change, away from trying to seize the untenable territory towards more radical operation, the seizure of weapons or as attacks on military base regime strongholds and even increased the suicide bomb attack.
Loss of Qusair, a small town near the Lebanese border, stabbing pain is special. For more than a year, in the process of holding town rebels has been fortified, tunnels, mines and other fields, booby trap. Assault last month when the regime, hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and Syria support elite troops, they failed to return.
But in the end, they are weak, outnumbered, forced to flights when town a tragic fall on Wednesday.
Now only hide after they fled, who has some activists in the town and the doctor described fleeing with tens of thousands of residents and the warriors, the wounded man on crutches falter, or are carrying out rural miles across. Regime forces chased them between village and village, in the four days of pursuit, killed more than 100 rebels and civilians, they came to break out repeatedly in the fields, they told the Associated Press.
"We can't feel our feet, and said:" the long march after activist abdul hadi, who has coordinated with the rebels in Qusair. In he escaped to the group, 800 people have been injured for three weeks the besieged town. Vehicles escape first, but later had to give up they go cross-country, trying to escape the attention. "We walked a long distance, walking, our doctors and nurses, but no consumables."
"Sure, the regime is better than us in this battle, but that doesn't mean we'll surrender," he said.
It's victory, a key crossroads town of power between the north and west Qusair Damascus Syria, President bashar al-assad's forces stepped up attacks on rebel positions in two cities, farther north, holmes and aleppo.
Prompt the progress of the regime, the Obama administration on Monday started discussing whether armed rebels in Syria. , U.S. officials said a decision could come later in the week. The United States and its European Allies have been reluctant to provide more advanced weapons, worried that they will fall into the extremists in the hands of the rebels.
For the rebels, the loss of Qusair in civil war marked a new stage, now entering its third year, with more than 80000 people were killed. Now they face a more confident of the Syrian army from Iraq Shiite fighters and hezbollah support.
Qusair before autumn, for example, to stop rebel advances, Damascus suburb of south-east, east Ghouta,, said a spokesman for the rebels of the military commission in suburbs of Damascus, who think of his name, Mosab for security reasons.
"It has a morale. The influence of some camp), but, the others got up revenge Qusair," he said. "Of course, the regime is on offense, external forces help... we the only way to break the balance is firm."
Speaking by Skype on Monday, he said, the rebels will always be at a disadvantage compared to Mr Assad's forces, so they have to change tactics. Instead of trying to maintain the fragile area, at the same time, hope the international community to provide weapons, he said soldiers should pay more attention to seize weapons hit large military base. "This will break the balance."
In homs with soldiers a activists called for regime strongholds in the old city area using more suicide bombings. He pointed out that a suicide bomber detonated three days later, his car fall Qusair near homs living largely by supporters of Mr Assad, his alawite sect. Seven civilians were killed.
"We should take the fight Mr Allawi's heart block" said the activist, who spoke he determined his pseudonym, Mr. Bilal ABU of homs, Syria, for fear of reprisals.
On Tuesday, two suicide bombers in Damascus, Mr Assad's power seat because first of all, the central plaza of Qusair autumn exploded, killing at least 14 people are dead.
Radical islamist Jabhat al - the main foreign jihadists Nusra fought alongside the rebels, suicide attacks, in the past, it is not clear, if Tuesday marks a new trend of explosion. Mainstream of insurgent leaders have so far avoided tactics, worried that it will become the world's opinion of them.
But rebel camps scattered profoundly, can draw more suicidal action, if Mr Assad's forces continue to its momentum.
"I warned that if the international community continues to fail, we will be on fire,., if Jabhat EL - Nusra and" base "organization to help us, we will take it," abdullah warned of Qusair activists.
For the rebels, loss of Qusair is especially painful, because the control of the township - about 3000 soldiers in their height, according to locals, including foreign aircraft - have prepared more than a year, in looking forward power attacks, tunnel, tunnel, booby trap. In the fierce resistance of the siege, dozens of hezbollah fighters were killed.
"Everything they booby trapped," from the refrigerator door, jaber, jamee, said Lebanon, a retired army general pay close attention to Syria war and is responsible for the Middle East and political research centre in Beirut. "They deceived hezbollah fighters, mine field."
But the fire eventually overwhelm the regime. Brother is a soldier a Qusair activist, between Rifaei Tammas said, the attacker USES a new technology flat after the "big architecture" denied the rebels into town and propulsion.
In the 17 days of fighting - day finally town - the number of rebels seized power drop to several hundred. Tammas crazy discussions between rebel regime on many aspects of what to do next. They decided to move northwards, the only break the siege, he said.
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