The War Within
As Syria descends into civil war, can its rebel factions unite against the government?
Jon Lee Anderson drove into Aleppo as Assad dispatched an armored column to retake Syria's largest city. At the rebel base—a school beside a basketball court decorated with Mickey Mouse and SpongeBob murals—someone had stacked six-packs of orange soda. Fighters conferred over plans. The Old City had persisted for five thousand years.