Two more good reports from Next Century Foundation’s Syria and Lebanon Working Group. (http://ncfsyria.blogspot.fr/)
The first on foreign intervention in Syria
http://ncfsyria.blogspot.fr/2012/08/report-on-syrian-issue-external-players_14.html
The second I have copied and formated for an easier read is on the state of play with the Kurdish forces
http://kurdistanfocus.blogspot.fr/2012/08/report-on-syrian-issue-kurdish-position.html