Who Is Running The Syrian Rebel Army?

Syria's Splintered Opposition: Who Is Running the War Against the Regime? -- Time

Syria is no longer sliding into war or staring at the abyss of warfare. Syria is at war. Although peaceful protesters still take to the streets in their thousands, the phenomenon that is the Free Syrian Army (FSA) is, short of a palace coup, becoming the main actor in a revolution that is growing nastier by the day. A source in the besieged city of Homs told TIME on Monday that government forces continued to bombard residential areas in some of the heaviest barrages in the 10 months since the protests began, with perhaps 25 civilians dead in two hours of shelling and sniper fire in just one district.

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More News On The Syrian Rebel Leadership

Syrian rebel leadership is split -- CNN
Confusion over Syrian 'higher council' claim -- Al Jazeera
Syrian army defectors form higher military council -- Reuters
Syrian opposition sets up revolutionary military council -- Voice of Russia
Syria’s rebel army role forecast to grow -- Financial Times
Interactive: Timeline of Syria unrest -- Al Jazeera

My Comment: The same thing happened when the Libyan rebel movement tried to get their act together in fighting Gaddafi. Different tribal allegiances and connections made it very difficult for them to organize, but in the end they did for the simple reason that they wanted to overthrow the Gaddafi family. I expect the same scenario to play out in Syria.