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Source: http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/10/state-dept-rebels-are-never-going-to-defeat-assad-militarily/
State Dept: U.S.-Backed Rebels Are Never Going to Defeat Assad Militarily
(Foreign Policy) John Hudson - A senior State Department official said on Wednesday that U.S.-backed Syrian rebels will not be able to topple the Assad regime in the foreseeable future, despite a Pentagon program to train and equip 5,000 rebels per year. "We do not see a situation in which the rebels are able to remove him from power," Brett McGurk told the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In recent weeks, Syria's moderate opposition has continued to lose ground in the northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo.