Rebel fighters had earlier rejected a deal allowing the regime to reassert control over the area in return for lifting a punishing siege.

The military insists that it has gone a long way to reassert control over the area at considerable cost.

Either the senior pastor or the worship leader needs to be prepared to calmly reassert control before things get out of hand.

Yet as banks reassert control, the pendulum is swinging hard in a conservative direction.

The moment the internet gives access to knowledge and opinion to billions previously denied it, governments seek to reassert control.