Top U.S. Intelligence Official: Civil War Will Continue In Syria After Assad's Fall

Sectarian Strife Will Persist In Syria After Assad’s Fall, Top U.S. Intelligence Official Says -- Washington Post

Sectarian violence is likely to continue in Syria long after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad as divisions among opposition groups deepen, the Obama administration’s top intelligence official said Thursday.

“The most likely scenario that we see, even after Assad falls, is probably more fractionalization, if I can use that word, both geographically and on a sectarian basis, for some period of time . . . at least a year, a year and a half,” Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

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Update: Rebel Victory in Syria Might Not Stop Conflict, U.S. Officials Say -- New York Times

My Comment: I agree with this assessment. The Syrian civil war has radicalized much of the population .... compromise and accommodation is no longer on the table .... this is a sectarian fight to the finish .... but a fight with no "light" at the end of the tunnel.