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Ranks of Kurd alliance swells with new recruits
[ARA News] Hasakah – A main brigade of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) joined on Thursday the ranks of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-Arab alliance that has been fighting ISIS in northern Syria for more than a year.In a press conference in Hasakah, the Free Officers Union announced deserting the FSA ranks and joining the Syrian Democratic Forces. “We are now witnessing the gradual collapse of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups [in reference to FSA] after their cooperation with Turkey. Those groups have been fighting the Syrian people on behalf of Turkey. They’ve been implementing the Turkish agenda in Syria instead of fighting for the people’s freedom,” Deputy Chief of Free Officers Union, Hussam al-Awak, said in the conference. “From now on we’ll be working together with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to continue this revolution against terror and tyranny,” al-Awak said. The Free Officers Union includes hundreds of fighters in different parts of Syria. “We have forces in the Qalamoun region (in southern Syria) and different parts of the country’s northern region. We cannot provide further information about our upcoming operations and movements. We are in fight on different fronts, we’ll combat different radical factions,” al-Awak added. Official spokesman of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Talal Silo, told ARA News that they have welcomed the new batch of FSA rebels in their ranks. “Today’s press conference is held to announce the defection of a group of military leaders from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) after deep rifts in the FSA ranks about their agenda. Those leaders and their fighters, headed by Commander Hussar al-Awak, are joining our SDF ranks,” Silo said. “This is the largest group of fighters joining our [SDF] ranks,” Silo told ARA News. “With the presence of those highly trained and professional military leaders and fighters, the Syrian Democratic Forces will continue its progress and liberate all areas held by ISIS terrorists. We are determined to eliminate ISIS on the Syrian soil.” Posted by: badanov 2016-10-14 |
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