Aymenn al-Tamimi is a Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum. Evan Helmuth is a freelance journalist. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/aymenn-al-tamimi-and-evan-helmuth/rss en Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Aymenn al-Tamimi and Evan Helmuth https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/16/syrias-secular-rebels-now-unified-under-a-new-banner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/16/syrias-secular-rebels-now-unified-under-a-new-banner Much has been made recently in the Western press of the supposed demise of the Free Syrian Army (invariably and erroneously described as “U.S.-backed”).