Syria abandoning the Golan to the jihadis?



For nearly 40 years, the most heavily armed border in the world - the border between Israel and Syria - has also been one of the quietest borders in the world, precisely because of the deterrent on the other side. Now, Syria has made the largest redeployment of its troops since the 1973 Yom Kippur war, deploying thousands of troops in and around Damascus and leaving the Golan to the rebel