WHO ARE THE SYRIAN REBELS? DETAILS. AUDIO

Not enough emphasis here on rebel inks to al-Queda affiliates but more on that in another post.                 LISTEN TO FULL PROGRAM

FROM IAN MASTER'S BACKGROUND BRIEFING

Part 1

We begin with an analysis of the makeup of the Syrian armed opposition of which the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusra Front comprises a small fraction. Richard Barrett, the Senior Director for Special Projects at the Qatar International Academy of Security Studies who established the United Nations Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force, joins us to outline the composition of the ideologically diverse armed opposition in Syria.