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Ex-Premier Says Syrian Government Is Falling Apart
(New York Times) Damien Cave and Dalal Mawad - Syria's former prime minister, Riyad Farid Hijab, who fled the country last week, said in Amman on Tuesday in his first public appearance that the government of President Assad was crumbling internally under the pressure of relentless fighting against rebels, and from betrayals by loyalists who want only to flee. "The regime is falling apart morally, materially, economically.... Its military is rusting, and it only controls 30% of Syria's territory." He added that many high-level civilian and military officials in Syria were waiting to defect. Fighting continued Tuesday in Aleppo, while in and around Damascus, activists reported heavy shelling and growing numbers of refugees flowing out of the city.