Syrian Conflict: Getting Better, or Worse?

On August 25, 2012, the Los Angeles Times staff wrote a article called "In Syria, Islamic militants may complicate uprising". It discusses the conflict occurring in Syria, and talks about what type of outside aid is coming in for the rebels. The Syrian conflict began about six months ago, and from then on it has escalated to an uncontrollable state. The Rebel groups have grown and have become a serious problem for President Bashar Al Assad. A reason why the Rebel groups have become such a problem is because first, they have aid coming from the majority of people of Syria, and second they have foreign fighters coming in and helping them out. Such of these fighters are Chechens, Libyans, and Tunisians. Also, there has been influence of the Al Quada terrorist group in Syria, which fears many NATO leaders. In May, a car bombing killed 55 people in Damascus, and when confronted with the news, the Rebel groups of Syria denied that they had done that attack. This was the first time Al Quada was accused for an event that happened in Syria. A powerful, yet diverse rebel group in Syria, called Al Nusra Front, has many of these different type of races fighting for them, but still assure to the public that majority of their men are Syrian freedom fighters. Now the problem in all of this is that if more and more people keep coming to the aid of Syria, what, or who is going to control the vacuum of power in these rebel groups, and who is going to lead these rebel groups? In recent weeks, Al Nusra Front members beheaded and threw the body into the street of a man that was accused of raping and killing his wife. Without trial, without evidence, he was killed in such a manner and was beheaded in the public so everybody will take example of his death. Eventually, the public found out that it was not  a Syrian rebel that accused him of this crime, it was one of the foreign rebels in the Front. This was a second event in which foreigners, which are helping the rebels, did what was according to their plan, and not according to the Syrian Freedom Fighters plan. Also, because of all these outside influences, extremist Muslims are starting to come back into the region of Syria, and forcing women to wear hijabs and men to fast during religious days. To me, fasting during a time of war that is this important from the eyes of the rebels is not the greatest idea. The article also discusses that during those fasting days, many of the Syrian rebels, which are fighting because of revenge for their loss of their families, go out and fight on their own to seek that revenge for themselves. In a sense, the Syrian Freedom Fighting group is turning in all out anarchy, everyman for themselves, as long as they are opposing Bashar Al Assad's regime. This is very important for any person who has family or a background in the Middle East because most of our family members came from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt ect.