Syria conflict is close to tipping point
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- Military defections
- Cracks in regime cohesion
- Opposition expands control
- Economic and social disruption
- Russian action
- Reaching the tipping point
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_350.jpg "Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria Kofi Annan with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)")