In the aftermath of its latest meeting with international supporters, the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) faces a crucial test: whether it can spend millions of dollars in foreign aid efficiently and without corruption.
Syria analysts and SNC members concede that the council has been slow to organize behind a single leader or vision to govern Syria once the brutal dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad falls. But they also fault the United States and the other 80 plus members of the so-called Friends of Syria for failing to act more decisively against a regime that has killed more than 9,000 of its own people in the past year.
