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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-aleppo-insight-idUSKCN12513W
Aleppo Will Eventually Fall, But Syrian War Will Go On
(Reuters) Samia Nakhoul - It may take weeks or months, but Aleppo is likely to fall to Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power. It would be a crippling setback for Western-backed Syrian rebels who look set to be bombed out of their stronghold. But the fall of Aleppo will not mean an end to the war, military and political analysts say. "The Russians are doing in Aleppo and Syria what they did in Grozny," said Robert Ford, the U.S. ambassador to Syria in 2011-14, referring to the fierce bombardment that all but destroyed the capital of Chechnya in 1999-2000. The opposition to Assad, he said, will "go from holding territory...to being an insurgency, a guerrilla war, and that will continue a long time."