But that effectively means that even if they do not take actions immediately, when they declare the safe area, simply to stop mechanized vehicles from Assad moving in as they do, they would physically have to control the ground either through air strikes or through artillery strikes or through introducing force on the ground.
Reed discusses the necessity of controlling ground in a declared safe area.
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