Radical Islamist rebels will gain sway over the many disparate factions opposing
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unless they are checked, and the country's
civil war could last years, a top Pentagon intelligence official said on
Saturday.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10193128/Syria-civil-war-could-last-multiple-years-if-Islamist-rebels-not-checked-says-top-Pentagon-intelligence-official.html