Syria’s most prominent opposition groups سوريا: الجماعات المعارضة

February 15, 2012 -- Since the Syrian uprising began last March, dozens of opposition groups, including leftist, secularist, Islamist and Arab nationalist parties, have risen against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. But decades of repression have forced them underground or into exile, leaving the formal opposition weakened and fragmented. Graphic shows profiles of Syria's most prominent opposition groups.