d in many Syrian communities and are playing a role in the opposition, but they, too, arc to EFTA00660171 be distinguished from the jihadis, said Yezid Sayigh of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. "People who are local and pious and moving in an Islamist direction and are taking up guns don't hav

up with a national reach, at a time when most of the uprising's internal leadership is atomized around local committees that don't coordinate, said Yezid Sayigh of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. "There is no other political party outside of the Brotherhood that has organization across the count

up with a national reach, at a time when most of the uprising's internal leadership is atomized around local committees that don't coordinate, said Yezid Sayigh of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. "There is no other political party outside of the Brotherhood that has organization across the count