In recent weeks, military operations against the Syrian army have been increasing in frequency. Most attacks have been claimed by a rebel force that calls itself the Free Syrian Army (FSA), made up of defectors of the Syrian army, which has been carrying out a bloody government-ordered crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in the country.
In a telephone interview, NOW Lebanon spoke with the FSA leader, Colonel Riad Assaad, a defected army officer who is currently based in Turkey after fleeing his home country...