In Syria, One Group's Aggression Challenges the Rebels' Unity

A recent series of attacks in Syria is seriously threatening the rebels' unity. On July 11, Islamic State of Iraq and Sham fighters in Syria allegedly assassinated Kamal Hamami, a leader of the rebel Supreme Military Council, in the Turkmen mountains near the northern city of Latakia. The perpetrator of many such attacks, the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham risks undermining its own position in Syria as well as that of the wider rebellion against Syrian President Bashar al Assad's regime.