Syria

The military is deploying troops to Jisr al Shughour after the government claimed that more than 120 security personnel were killed there. Locals claim soldiers were killed during a mutiny by security forces sent to put down protests.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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