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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Jabhat Fatah al-Sham criticizes Syria cease-fire agreement
2016-12-31
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] A front man for the Syrian hard boy militia Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, formerly called the Nusra Front, criticized a nationwide Turkish- and Russian-backed cease-fire in Syria Friday, saying the political solution under this agreement would "reproduce the criminal regime."

The group, which changed its name and announced in July that it was severing ties with al-Qaeda, condemned the deal for not mentioning Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators...
's fate.

"The solution is to topple the criminal regime militarily," the group's front man said in a statement.

The conflict pits Assad, helped by Russian air power and Iranian-backed Shiite militias, against an array of mostly Sunni rebel groups, including some supported by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
, the United States and Gulf monarchies.

Clashes, shelling and air raids in western Syria Friday marred the first day of the ceasefire, which aims to end nearly six years of war and lead to peace talks.

The Syrian army said Thursday that the cease-fire agreement did not cover the radical Islamist group ISIS, fighters from the former Nusra Front, or any factions linked to them.

But several rebel officials said the agreement did include Jabhat Fatah al-Sham.
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