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FSA fighter on the front line - the FSA has a real structure, but needs arms and time (Photo: GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS)

What is the Free Syrian Army? An inside look

Last month, I visited northern Syria three times with the Free Syrian Army (FSA).

I spoke to many defected generals, commanders on the ground, people in the FSA headquarters and military-civilian organisers of humanitarian aid for all parts of Syria.

I ate the modest food that they offered and slept on the ground among their soldiers.

I also spent many hours with brigadier general Salim Idriss, the FSA's chief of staff, and I watched the FSA in action at a battle at Quwer...

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Koert Debeuf lives in Cairo, where he represents the Alde group in the European Parliament in the Arab world. He also blogs for EUobserver.

FSA fighter on the front line - the FSA has a real structure, but needs arms and time (Photo: GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS)

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Koert Debeuf lives in Cairo, where he represents the Alde group in the European Parliament in the Arab world. He also blogs for EUobserver.

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