Syrian army supply crisis has regime on brink of collapse, say defectors
General who swapped sides says regime can last ‘two months at most’ as troop morale sinks and petrol trucks are ambushed Bashar al-Assad’s military machine is on the brink of logistical meltdown and collapse, because it lacks petrol and food, and is having problems resupplying its soldiers, according to a Syrian general who has defected to the opposition.