The opposition's Western and Gulf Arab backers sought to encourage a centralised rebel leadership and in December 2012 a number of brigades affiliated themselves to a newly-created Supreme Military Council (SMC). The SMC's chief-of-staff, Gen Idris, wants it to be a more moderate and stronger alternative to the jihadist rebel groups in Syria.
Bamyan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central highlands of the country. Its terrain is mountainous or semi-mount... Bamyan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central highlands of the country. Its terrain is mountainous or semi-mount... Skip navigation
Nonthaburi Province. Location o Nonthaburi Province. Nonthaburi (Thai: à¸à¸à¸à¸à¸¸à¸£à¸µ) is ane o the central provinces (changwat) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Bangkok an Nakhon Pathom.