If Syrian rebel forces capture Homs in their electronic offensive, it will cut off the capital Damascus from the coast, long suspected of Assad's Alawite minority and where his Russian allies have a naval and air base. As Islamist insurgents advance on the capital and Kurdish fighters seize the eastern desert, sparking a local uprising against Assad's rule in the south, FRANCE 24's Gavin Lee welcomes former US Ambassador to Syria Robert S Ford to offer analysis.
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