"Rather than a full-scale assault, Assad regime looks for smaller opportunities to regain the upper hand" in southern Syria - but it struggles to succeed.
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On July 27, Syrian tanks rolled into the former rebel stronghold of Tafas, in Syria’s western Daraa province. The aggression, ostensibly to root out ISIS supporters, came just three days after military leaders suggested the operation could be avoided if the people they sought were voluntarily handed over. Yet no matter what the regime claims – or promises, for that matter –