“...and that ISIS is still gaining ground in Syria.”
There was an article in the WSJ a few weeks ago that highlighted what you said.
Basically, the Syrian Army (heavily Allawite) is taking losses that they just can’t replace. ISIS and the regular opposition have been taking advantage of that fact and have secured more territory.
I wonder how much longer it’ll be before Assad, his family and inner circle say “Screw it, we’re outta here”.
The Allawites started out with more guns, but there is an advantage of having more people like the Sunnis because when someone dies, someone else can just pick up the gun and continue the fight.
The Allawites will run out of people before Sunnis run out of guns.