Syria’s civil war has transformed the formerly routine transaction of buying bread from the bakeries in Aleppo into a six hour process, with residents slowly losing faith in the FSA that are fighting against Assad’s military
The nearly two-year conflict in Syria has taken tens of thousands of lives, destroyed entire neighbourhoods and sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing. But more quietly, it has also eaten away at the country’s healthcare system.
The US and its allies have hired contractors to train some Syrian rebel brigades in chemical weapons security according to diplomats and a US official that deal directly with developments in the country.
Among the difficulties faced by Syrians in safeguarding their revolution, internal disputes within the Free Syrian Army rebel groups remain the most serious.
A civil society has begun to emerge in the rebel-held areas of Syria with the Free Syrian Army taking over delivery of services, and the development of a new court system, but serious flaws remain.