The decree is notable because it suggests that Mr. Assad's armed forces are in need of more recruits and may begin to strictly enforce compulsory service laws for the first time since the conflict began.
With snow closing road access to the area, alliance leaders say their forces are in need of fuel, ammunition and other supplies that can be ferried by cargo plane.
Last year an independent commission, set up in the wake of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, concluded that the UK's reserve forces were in need of "significant revitalisation".
In another incredibly dramatic story, Loiko jumps into a civilian minibus taxi that had been commandeered by a cadre of special forces soldiers in need of a lift to a point of conflict in eastern Ukraine.
The home secretary, Theresa May, has said that police forces in Britain need to better represent the populations they serve, and that the pace of change in recruiting non-white and female officers remains too slow.
In Washington, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld dismissed suggestions the allied forces in Iraq need more firepower to complete their mission.
Those who support a rapid drawdown of our forces in Iraq need to discuss how we're going to rebuild the military that's been pushed to the brink by five years of a two-front war on the cheap.
The disruptive force most in need of calming on "Bunheads" is Michelle Sutton Fosterr), an expressive, too-smart-for-the-room chatterbox in search of an Albert Brooks movie.
Homelessness charities have warned that using new antisocial behaviour powers to crack down on rough sleeping could force those in need away from vital services, after a London council became the first to introduce them.
Baltimore is in the midst of its own federal civil rights investigation, and if the testimony we've heard in recent days is any indication, this city's police force is in need of a major overhaul, too.
