Entering the weekend, Syria President Bashar al-Assad showed no signs of yielding.
As armed rebels closed in Saturday on Damascus, Assad ordered his forces to defend the Syrian capital, seemingly confident the military would come to his rescue, according to Syrian officials familiar with the matter.
By late Saturday, Assad had vanished. He …
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