...
Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
and other factions fighting alongside
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
's troops as part of a political solution to the civil war.
In remarks published Thursday, the front man of the Syrian National Coalition, Louay Safi, said: "We only negotiate with the Syrians and we won't accept the participation of foreign militias that kill the Syrian people in the political solution."
The opposition won't surrender to the status-quo after three years of struggle, he said.
Ford, who stepped down on Friday, has recently said that the negotiations to resolve the civil war should include gangs, including Hizbullah, which has sent its fighters to Syria in support of Assad.
Ford left the Syrian capital in 2011, when the popular uprising against Assad turned into a bloody civil war.
The United States has closed its embassy in Damascus but has not cut off diplomatic ties with Syria, despite repeated condemnation of the Assad regime.