By Matthew Barber and the Syria Video team
This long post contains the following sections:
- The Defectors Defect
- Will EU Oil Purchases Finance al-Qaida?
- Al-Musareb: Al-Nusra Punishes a Village Regime-Style
- Syrian Taliban
- The Opposition’s Ambivalent Response to al-Nusra’s Affiliation with al-Qaida (and the Plan to Introduce an Alternative Islamic Law in Syria)
- Jabhat al-Nusra is Now an Iraq-to-Lebanon Phenomenon
- Conclusion: Outsiders Reevaluate Their Positions as it Becomes Easier for the Regime to Sell Itself