Syrians rally outside the US Embassy in Amman to demand a US military intervention.
(KHALIL MAZRAAWI/Getty)
As Syrian government forces shelled rebel-held cities over the weekend, the main opposition group — the Syrian National Council — picked a new leader: a Kurd named Abdulbaset Sieda. By replacing the outgoing leader, Burhan Ghalioun, with Sieda, the Syrian Nation Council is attempting to make the council appear more secular, more democratic, and more appealing to religious and ethnic minorities.
But Amr Al Azm, a former member of the Syrian National Council and a professor of history at Shawnee State University, feels that the decision to appoint Sieda is a compromise that benefits no one.
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