apture of al-Qusayr by government forces cuts the main supply route to
Homs, which is the next target in the government/Hizballah offensive.
Loss of Homs would eviscerate the uprising.
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This is another of the many annoyances with which the Chinese and South Koreans cope. In many of its external economic transactions, North Korea acts as a rogue and criminal enterprise.
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The effect of these deliveries is to deter a UN resolution approving creation of a no-fly zone in Syria, as occurred in Libya which evolved into a NATO air combat campaign with limited ground intervention.
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