...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
is "humiliating" and those who agreed to it made a "big mistake."
The cease-fire, which excludes the al-Qaeda-linked Fatah al-Sham Front as well as the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group, has largely held, except for intense fighting in the Barada Valley outside Damascus, a major source of water for the capital. Both the government and the rebels have accused the other side of violations.
Fatah al-Sham front man Hossam al-Shafei said in an interview published late Wednesday by al-Jazeera Net that the current truce only protects Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
and allied Iranian-backed militias.
"What was agreed upon was a big mistake and a responsibility of everyone that attended and signed," al-Shafei was quoted as saying. "The people of (Syria) didn't offer all these sacrifices to be handed this humiliating agreement."
Asked if his group would accept the outcome of the expected peace talks, he said the Syria rebellion "today needs someone to unify its ranks and restore its spirit and strengthen its political position by battlefield achievements." He added that there will be no resolution to Syria's conflict without Assad's exit from power, which is not on the agenda of the talks.