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Their wordsThe only chance of success against jihadists in Syria is to establish autonomous regions for the Druze and other Syrian minorities.
Their wordsAs long as Assad is still massacring the Sunni population in his bid to stay in power, the concept of recruiting Sunnis to fight IS will remain implausible in the extreme.
Their wordsAt the moment, the only realistic alternative to these outcomes would appear to be the creation of an autonomous and perhaps ultimately independent Druze region: one that will have the resources to defend itself, to absorb persecuted Druze from Idlib and elsewhere, and, in collaboration with other elements in the region, to serve as a forward defensive line for Jordan and Israel, and for the West more generally.
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