Asymmetric warfare in Syria

NY Times:

Rebels Make Gains in Blunting Attacks by Syria Air Force

For the opposition fighters, managing to deny the use of an airfield has undermined the government’s ability to exert its full authority in some parts of the country. 
Fighting for Idlib 

Facing a foe with superior weapons and firepower, the Syrian rebels are waging a complex fight.
The second link is to a NY Times video on how the Syrian rebels are using asymmetric warfare to be competitive.  It is something that has been happening in the Arab world since the days of Laurence of Arabia and his fight against the Turks in world War I.

In this case it is the only way these guys can survive to fight another day.  It is not clear that the Assad regime has the capacity to fight a counterinsurgency strategy.  They have troops they don't trust, which makes it hard for them to use them in the force to space ratio needed to cut off rebel movements to contact.  They have been relying on air strikes of late, but the rebels have found a way to make that more difficult too.

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