"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Syrian Army Regains Ground from Rebels in the South- Al-Akhbar

Syria's army gained ground from rebels in the south on Tuesday, in what a monitoring group described as a large-scale offensive in the region backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters against insurgents which included members of al-Qaeda's Syrian wing.
The south is one of the last remaining areas where non-jihadist rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad have a foothold. Just a short drive to Damascus, the area remains a risk to the Syrian leader, who has otherwise consolidated control over much of the west.
"The operation started two days ago and is very big," Rami Abdel-Rahman, head of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, said on Tuesday.
Abdel-Rahman said the offensive aims to take a triangle of rebel-held territory from rural areas southwest of Damascus to Deraa city to Quneitra. Syrian media and rebel sources said on Tuesday that battles raged in several areas of southern Syria.