(Al-Hayat-Mideast Mirror) Hazem al-Amin - In Syria, ISIS and the Nusra Front have been making advances in Idlib and in the north, despite the air raids. The regime also has been advancing in Aleppo, Damascus, and the capital's countryside. The sole party to suffer from the raids has been the non-extremist opposition factions that have been unable to move out of their points of concentration. In other words, the international coalition seems to be achieving the opposite of what it proclaimed to achieve. It came to strike at ISIS and prevent the regime from benefiting from these strikes; but what is happening is the exact opposite. It is only logical that the regular Syrian military units that were fighting against ISIS should step aside and make room for the air raids, which enables the regime to exploit these raids in order to consolidate its position in Aleppo.
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