Peto exaggerates loy advance as usual. They have only fire control of the highway.
The corridor lost by Assadists contains 3 large cities: Idlib, Ariha, Jisr and many villages.
On the other hand Qalamoun region is empty desert.
No one supports Assad. Many Sunnis tolerate Assad simply because dont want to pay that super heavy price of getting him off. I can understand them. In Syria if u oppose Assad then ur town will be daily barrel bombed and starved. You must be a true hero to oppose Assad. I doubt I myself would be ready to pay such a heavy price.
In Syria hardly 50 K Alawites and Druze are fighting for Assad willingly. Thats about it. There are additional 150 K Christians and Sunnis and even Aalwis and Druze who are drafted to army and NDF by force and fear, therefore have zero motivation and terrible fighters.
Rebels on the other hand have some 150 K force which is all volunteer. Thats why despite total lack of weapons they were chasing Assadists in 2012.
Thats why the addition of only 10 K Hezies and Iraqis in 2013 changed the situation in favor of Assad.
In 2012 FSA had virtually no support. Yet they kicked Assad butt.