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Obama administration to focus on helping rebels
The US says it will be shifting focus on helping Syrian rebels try to defeat Assad’s regime despite analysts disagreeing with its impression that the number of casualties will diminish.
Despite several high-level defects and rebels taking over several areas, analysts insinuate Obama's administration is not correct in changing tides
US President Barack Obama’s administration said that it wants to avoid any military involvement and is shifting its focus toward helping the rebels in Syria against the Bashar al-Assad’s regime on the battlefield.
The US said it will not be focusing on the political transition within the civil war and will be relying on indirect policy of indirect assistance for rebels.
It is hoped that this will help to demoralise President Bashar al-Assad’s armed forces without further greater casualties but analysts see this scenario as unlikely.
Despite rebel forces gaining ground in several areas such as Aleppo and Damascu and more individuals defecting from Assad’s government, analysts disagree with Obama’s administration that tide of war was turning.
Prime Minister Riad Hijab was the latest of high-level defections from Assad’s government and is considered to be an indication that Assad was losing control over Syria.
The US has increased its humanitarian aid to $74 million and nonlethal communication to $25 million while easing restrictions on fundraising for rebels within the United States.
