The lines on this map look more sensible than the ones the imperialists drew:
Very interesting - any idea how recently this was drawn? Also, the areas indicated as loyalist or rebel held, can we extrapolate these reflect broadly the same ethnicity/religious bent?
Unfortunately the main blocks may be the wrong way around i.e. wouldn't it be better to have the Sunnis taking the south and Alawites (& Kurds) the north? Blimey, I'm probably beginning to sound like Sir Mark Sykes of yore.