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REBEL FIGHTERS IN Syria have officially abandoned a ceasefire with regime forces that was brokered by UN envoy Kofi Annan.
Anti-government forces have launched fresh attacks over the weekend, saying that hundreds of people had been killed since the ceasefire took effect in April.
A spokesman for the rebel military council told Reuters: “We have decided to end our commitment to this [plan] and starting from that date [Friday] we began defending our people.”
Questions have been raised over the viability of Annan’s six-point plan for peace after a defiant speech by Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad at the weekend, in which he insisted that unrest in the troubled country was due to a foreign plot.
In another sign that the armed conflict may be set to intensify, Syrian activists yesterday announced a new rebel coalition that aims to overcome deep divisions within the opposition.
The group, the Syrian Rebels Front, declared its formation in a news conference in Turkey. Khaled al-Okla, one of the organisers, said the fledgling group will coordinate with the Free Syrian Army, a loose coalition of rebel units.
“We might have some treaties or agreements to coordinate our work in Syria” said al-Okla, who claimed his umbrella group has 12,000 fighters. The announcement of the new rebel front was accompanied by a video presentation claiming the front has 100 “battalions or fighting formations,” and it featured clips of masked fighters declaring their allegiance to the new entity.
- Additional reporting from AP
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So the rebels have broke the cease fire now… Who are these guys
It seems no one really knows. A rag tag of “fronts” and “armies” which form a melting pot of opposition drawing non-Syrians including those who fly the black flag of Jihad, i.e. Al-Qieda.
Just like Libya, if this government is toppled we’ll probably see a whole lot of missiles and chemical weapons disappear god knows where.
100% correct and the recent massacre was a false flag to sabotage a peace plan. This is why China and Russia ain’t playing ball. Question is who is the worlds biggest threat to peace. Iran or the US backed AlCIAda
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