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Government forces and thousands of fighters — including from Sunni jihadist factions — beat back the loyalists but also hunted down Alawites, who share Assad’s religion and were seen by many Syrians as complicit in his policies.

D’Aguilar thinks maybe the large rocks and cement surrounding a part of her property helped beat back the fire, but who knows.

Legal experts said subtle modifications to some of the orders reflected attempts by the Trump administration to beat back legal challenges preemptively.

That’s despite the fact that firefighters were unable to beat back flames in the area, leaving the fire to rampage through unchecked, he said.

Crowley on Friday contradicted that narrative, drawing a connection between reductions to her department’s operations and the struggle to beat back the wildfires.