There are growing signs that the Syrian opposition is stabilizing and will succeed in the coming months in toppling President Bashar AssadÂ’s regime, a top IDF officer predicted on Tuesday.
According to the officer, the IDF has learned of the defection of thousands of Syrian soldiers, including dozens of officers, among them a number of high-ranking colonels. The officerÂ’s prediction came a day after Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset that Assad was expected to fall in the coming weeks.
The officer said that the IDF was increasingly concerned with the possible fallout from AssadÂ’s downfall and particularly the possibility that SyriaÂ’s chemical arsenal would fall into terrorist hands. |