4) The Rebellion Grows
Small scale militia groups started springing up in local areas across Syria. These troops consisted of tribal groups and some deserters from the Syrian Army. A new force, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) was born at this time. The FSA and other freedom fighters, under-armed and under-skilled, were joined by Jihadists from Syria and further afield.
So here’s where the waters become muddied. There are genuine freedom fighters who want to see an end to the Assad regime mixing with Jihadist, zealots with their own agenda. Fighters from more than 25 countries have now joined this violent melting pot.
As the months go on, it’s the Jihadist-based fighters that are becoming more powerful than the Western-backed FSA. The West has little time for Jihadists and so for Western money and support to be going to an army that is bolstered by hard-line Islamic groups is a tough pill to swallow. Just recently the newly formed Islamic Front alliance have humiliated the FSA’s “General Staff” by taking over its positions and arms depots on the Bab al-Hawa border with Turkey. So the opposition forces are looking likely to turn in on themselves too.
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