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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/WAR-OF-ATTRITION-463726
After Five Years, No End in Sight to Syrian Rebellion
(Jeusalem Post) Jonathan Spyer - Five years on, the conflict in Syria appears nowhere close to conclusion. The rebellion - now an entirely Sunni Islamist affair - still holds ground and appears in no immediate prospect of eclipse. In the Sunni-Shia proxy war currently under way, no side has a clear and obvious advantage. Rather, the proxies appear capable of surviving each other's assaults, but not of achieving comprehensive victory. The writer is Director of the Rubin Center (formerly the GLORIA Center), IDC Herzliya, Israel, and a fellow at the Middle East Forum.