But the stepped-up support Mr. Assad has received from Iran and Hezbollah in recent months appears to have fortified his belief that he can hang on to power and prevail militarily — or at least control a strategically significant swath of the country.
The structure appears to be fortified, in accordance with Balfour's intention to give the village a medieval appearance.
With school success and earning prospects ever more entwined, the consequences carry far: education, a force meant to erode class barriers, appears to be fortifying them.
"Education, a force meant to erode class barriers, appears to be fortifying them," my colleague Jason De Parle wrote in one of many terrific pieces on the decline of the American Dream.
Somalia, where the viral-borne disease appeared to have fortified its presence in a stubborn defensive redoubt, nevertheless beat the disease back forcefully, and hasn't experienced an outbreak since August 2014.
The situation in Slavyansk, the separatists' fortified capital, appears to be one of gun rule.
The move was intended to signal that Iraq was prepared to cooperate with the existing United Nations inspection procedures and thus appeared intended to fortify French and Russian opposition to the American push in the United Nations Security Council to stiffen the terms of inspections.
The name Xiamen first appeared when the island was fortified as one of a series of measures taken against piracy in 1387.
Any construction that does not conform to this plan will be deemed illegal.The scheme appears to be aimed at fortifying a sense of Kyrgyz identity rather than reconciling the two peoples.
Mr. Kerry's stance on newly fortified missile defenses appeared to be a selling point to get China, the only country presumed to have any real influence over North Korea, to do what it has long resisted — crack down hard enough that North Korea's leaders will give up an increasingly sophisticated nuclear program.
Look for foods fortified with sterols.
