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Source: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/contents/articles/opinion/2013/06/syria-tunnels-qusair.html
Syria's War of Tunnels
(Al-Monitor) Ali Hasham - The "War of Tunnels" is probably the most suitable name for the war fought in Syria's strategic region of Qusair, on the border with Lebanon. In each city, town and village, dozens of hideouts and underground routes have been found by the Syrian army and Hizbullah fighters. "These tunnels were used to connect alleys with each other, exit routes and hideouts, snipers" shooting posts and weapons storage," Major Abdo, a Syrian army officer explained. After the dramatic fall of Qusair and the rebels' retreat, there were expectations that a fierce battle would be fought for two towns nearby. But the Syrian army entered them with no remarkable resistance. Everyone was asking: Where did the fighters go? Several openings became visible in the ground. They were all at least four or five meters deep and connected to a huge network of water pipes built years ago by the government. "These pipes connect the countryside of Qusair to the city of Homs, and areas in southeastern Homs province not very far from Damascus countryside," said Abdo. Where will the next major conflict be? Will it be Aleppo, or the countryside of Damascus?