well see, a lot of it is, of course, propaganda.  but the problem with syria, as it always has been in any arab country, is the adherence to clans and that's why you see so much "rebels" always spring up all over the the countryside.  the only thing that keeps them in check is a secret police like ssis in egypt (defunct in 2011) or the iraqi iis, which kept this clans in check.
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