This image from amateur video AP obtained from Ugarit News has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting and shows a rebel firing a weapon around a corner at Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria Friday Dec. 7, 2012. Fighting around the Syrian capital has intensified in recent days as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP Video)
This image from amateur video AP obtained from Ugarit News has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting and shows a rebel firing a weapon around a corner at Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria Friday Dec. 7, 2012. Fighting around the Syrian capital has intensified in recent days as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP Video)
Un combatiente del Ej?rcito Libre de Siria apunta un arma durante los enfrentamientos con fuerzas del gobierno en Aleppo, Siria, el mi?rcoles 5 de diciembre de 2012. Los grupos rebeldes que buscan derrocar al presidente sirio Bashar Assad declararon el viernes 7 de diciembre al Aeropuerto Internacional de Damasco un "objetivo leg?timo" en un intento por recortar las provisiones del r?gimen. (Foto AP/Narciso Contreras)
BEIRUT (AP) ? A senior official with the rebel Free Syrian Army says commanders from all over the country have elected a new Supreme Military Council and a chief of staff.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal the meeting's outcome, says the move is similar to last month's conference in Qatar that unified political groups.
He says the meetings in the Turkish resort of Antalya began on Dec. 5 and are being attended by more than 550 rebel commanders and representatives. The official said Saturday that Brig. Gen. Salim Idriss was named as the group's chief of staff.
The Syrian rebels' fight to oust President Bashar Assad has long been hobbled by their inability to forge a united front and command structure.
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