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Is President Assad gaining the military upper hand?

President Assad鈥檚 forces, backed by Iran and Russia, have made huge gains against the Syrian opposition. Jennifer Cafarella is from the Institute for the Study of War, a military think tank in the US, and explains how the balance of military power could now be in Assad鈥檚 favour.

[Image: Syrian volunteers carry portraits of President Bashar al-Assad at the end of paramilitary training. Credit: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images]

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