> It is nonsense to claim there are no Syrian regulars.

OK, very nice. Then please be so kind and let me know with what regular SAA unit do your relatives serve in Qamishly?

> It is nonsense to claim there are no Syrian regulars. I have relatives pinned down right now in al-Quamishly, where a rather tenuous peace is being kept by the Kurdish militia and (oops) a division of Syrian government troops.

OK, very nice. Then please be so kind and let me know with what regular SAA unit do your relatives serve in Qamishly?

I’m easy to convince, actually — all provided there is any kind of evidence for what people say.