November 13, 2011: One of the few armed opposition groups, the FSA (Free Syrian Army), called for NATO or Arab nations to provide air support for the fight against the Assads. The FSA consists largely of armed men who have deserted from the Syrian armed forces. In the last two weeks, nearly 300 people, most of them unarmed civilians, have died. A growing number of the deaths are soldiers and policemen. The FSA is one of several armed groups that are carrying out guerilla type attacks on the government forces. The many checkpoints are very vulnerable to this, and the rebels usually kill everyone and take all the weapons, ammo, vehicles, radios and other equipment."
