Syrian conflict: Assad's fragmenting military
Finally the BBC has a broad view of the Syrian Civil War:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38289313
Aside from the general comments I found these two of note. Forum contributors have shown many times their grasp of the demise of the SAA:
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Once again it is the open source intelligence analysts of Bellingcat who have scoured the internet to pull together a fascinating snapshot of this militia phenomenon.
The forces fighting on the side of the Assad regime are an extraordinary patchwork of units - some from the regular armed forces but equally as many from a variety of militias.
Some of these, Bellingcat says, may be no more than a few dozen men strong linked to a village or neighbourhood.
Then this rather puzzling one and I do wonder what sources they have used:
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Western analysts have been impressed by the proficiency of the Russian special forces' ability to work with such groups.