SIRIA

Syria rebels reject opposition coalition, call for Islamic leadership

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrian rebels have broken with the Western-backed coalition to form a new Islamist force that may pressure President Bashar al-Assad but also undermine the West's hopes of putting its friends in his place.
Ever more divided on a battlefield where Assad's better armed troops have been gaining ground, allies of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) were among 13 disparate rebel factions to disown the exile leadership and support an Islamic alliance that includes the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, commanders said on Tuesday.
Details of the numbers of fighters involved and of how they would cooperate remained unclear. But, in an online video, a leader of the Islamist Tawheed Brigade said the bloc rejected the authority of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and the Western- and Saudi-backed exile administration of Ahmad Tumeh.
It is a setback for foreign leaders trying to bolster more secular rebel groups and to reassure voters skeptical of deeper involvement in Syria's civil war. Some may think again about help for the fighters, which ranges from weaponry from the Gulf to non-lethal aid from Europe and the United States.
For Assad, already cheered by Russian diplomatic assistance that undermined U.S. plans to bomb his forces following a poison gas attack, any more powerful rebel coalition could challenge his army's resurgence in the field. But that could be more than offset by a weakening of international backing for his enemies.
Though some moderate Islamist fighters denied the move meant a more radical, sectarian approach, a more visible role for Islamist radicals at the expense of the SNC may bolster Assad's argument that the alternative to his rule, based on his father's military takeover four decades ago, is a Syria run by al Qaeda.
The most hardline Islamist militant faction, al Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) which has brought growing numbers of foreign jihadists into Syria, was not a signatory to the new pact. It was unclear, however, whether it had rejected involvement or had not been invited to join.
The 13 groups signed a statement calling for the opposition to Assad to be reorganized under an Islamic framework and to be run only by groups fighting inside Syria. Signatories range from hardliners like the Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham to more moderate groups such as the Tawheed Brigade and Islam Brigade.
"These forces feel that all groups formed abroad without returning to the country do not represent them, so the forces will not recognize them," said the statement read online by Abdulaziz Salameh, the political leader of the Tawheed Brigade.
"Therefore the National Coalition and its supposed government led by Ahmad Tumeh do not represent them and will not be recognized," he said.
Analyst Aron Lund wrote on the blog Syria Comment: "If the statement proves to accurately represent the groups mentioned and they do not immediately fall apart again, it is a very big deal.
"It represents the rebellion of a large part of the 'mainstream FSA' against its purported political leadership, and openly aligns these factions with more hardline Islamist forces."

MODERATE ISLAMISTS
Since the 2-1/2-year-old revolt against Assad began, Syria's opposition forces have been riven with factionalism and rivalries. There have also been tensions between Islamist groups and those that support a secular vision for a post-Assad Syria.
Assad, and his Russian allies, have highlighted how a revolt that began in 2011 with demands for democracy has seen the rise of sectarian hatreds between the Sunni Muslim majority and Assad's Alawite sect. That also worries other minorities in Syria's complex society, including Christians and ethnic Kurds.
Gulf Arab support for the rebels has highlighted the war's role in a broader regional confrontation between Sunnis and Shi'ite Iran, which backs Assad and Shi'ite Arab movements.
Rebel fighters and opposition activists rejected the portrayal of the statement as a blow to moderate forces. They saw it rather as a unification of rebels on the ground while sidelining the small but powerful ISIL.
"There is a lot of distortion of the rebel movement ... This is not a blow to the moderates," said a fighter from the Islam Brigade, who did not want to be named when criticizing al Qaeda.
"The front is divided between the radical groups who follow ISIL and the others who are Islamist but accept minorities and want to follow a more moderate Islamist interpretation for the country. This does not change that."
The anti-FSA shift may also be territorial - most of those who signed up to the new bloc are from brigades in northern Syria, where the opposition holds large swathes of territory.
There seemed to be no major forces from eastern and southern Syria which signed the deal. Deraa, on the southern border with Jordan, is the main transit point for supplies and arms from Western and Gulf countries. The presence of hardline Islamists there is much weaker.
A figure in the Free Syrian Army's command said the announcement had taken its leadership by surprise.
"I don't even know what to say," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "There were some very important factions who joined. And from my perspective, they gave no warning."
He said FSA commanders were meeting to discuss the statement and may try to negotiate with their former partners.
Charles Lister of IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre said the three moderate Islamist groups which signed the statement - the Tawheed Brigade, the Islam Brigade and Suqor al-Sham - had represented SNC's main rebel presence on the ground.
"It is likely that the moderate Islamist coalition has ceased to exist as a single organization structure," he said.
SAUDI MOVE
Islamist forces grew in power as the Syrian conflict changed from peaceful protests into an armed insurgency after a fierce crackdown by Assad's forces. Militant groups, some linked to al Qaeda, have become even stronger in the ensuing civil war.
"These forces call on military and civilian forces to unite under a clear Islamic framework based on Sharia law, which should be the sole source of legislation," the statement said.
Whatever their ideological background, many opposition groups inside Syria are skeptical and resentful of the SNC.
Critics accuse it of not being transparent with funding and in its political processes. They say it is out of touch with people in Syria, where more than 100,000 have been killed and swathes of territory have been destroyed by combat and shelling.
Some Nusra Front fighters and supporters who spoke to Reuters said Nusra and its allies had been courting moderate rebels as they watched their relationship sour with the SNC.
Saudi Arabia, which had taken over as the main foreign player and financier of the SNC, had been trying to sideline Islamists in favor of bolstering secular forces.
"Our brigades are tired of the SNC strategy, it is acting on the exterior and ignoring the interior. And a lot of the moderate Islamists were shoved aside when Qatar's role was overtaken by Saudi Arabia," one Nusra supporter said. "Saudi started aggressively supporting the secular groups."

Cine plăteşte pe teroriştii care luptă contra Siriei?

Ia uite ce fac rebelii, unde esti Tinco? Poate acum te trezesti si tu la realitate. Daca astia pun mana pe putere eu zic ca nu mai ramane picior de crestin sau alawit sau druz sau siit in Siria ca sa aiba 50% din parlament si scaunul de presedinte. Cat iti mai ia sa te convingi?

Ia uite ce fac rebelii, unde esti Tinco? Poate acum te trezesti si tu la realitate. Daca astia pun mana pe putere eu zic ca nu mai ramane picior de crestin sau alawit sau druz sau siit in Siria ca sa aiba 50% din parlament si scaunul de presedinte. Cat iti mai ia sa te convingi?

.Oricum, ca sa te aliezi cu dracu -El Qaida, ca sa scapi de "Taicasu" -Iran
trebuie intelepciune nu gluma....!!

The head of the key Syrian opposition National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, has denounced extremists he said were trying to "steal our revolution", and blamed the regime for supporting them.
He made the comments in an address in New York to representatives from the Friends of Syria -- international backers of the rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad.
"The Syrian people support peace and moderation, tolerance and coexistence," Jarba said.
"The phenomenon of extremism appeared with the support and planning of the regime, which has gambled on the transformation of a revolution for freedom into a civil and sectarian war," he added.
The Syrian regime "created and armed numerous terrorist organizations and left them a place in the regions from which it has been removed," he said.
"Other groups have come across the borders to steal our revolution."
An unknown number of foreign fighters has streamed into Syria to join jihadist rebel groups such as the Al-Qaida-affiliated Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
They include fighters from Europe, the Middle East and Chechnya.
Rebels initially welcomed the jihadist groups and the foreign fighters who joined them, eager for weapons and battle experience.
But in recent months, relations have been tense, particularly between ISIL and non-jihadist rebel factions, which have clashed on occasion.
This week, some of the biggest non-jihadist battalions formed an alliance that includes Al-Nusra, and announced their rejection of the Coalition that Jarba heads.
He told the meeting, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, that extremism "has increased because of the indifference of the international community, which has failed in its duties to the Syrian people".
The opposition has repeatedly called on its international backers to provide it with weapons, but the West has been reluctant to do so for fear of the arms falling into the hands of groups such as Al-Nusra, which is listed as a "terrorist" organization by much of the West.
Despite setbacks, Jarba insisted that the only solution to the conflict would be Assad's departure.
"There is no horizon for the Syrians before the fall of the regime," he said.
"When it goes, Syrians will regain their freedom and civil peace and harmony will be restored."

Si nu va fi

Obamma s-a intalnit la ONU cu presedintele Iranului.
Posibil ca vor mai fi contacte.
este fie sperietura ce le-o provoaca rusii americanilor, fie ca americanii incep sa mai inteleaga putin ca dicutie este secretul reusitei si nu pozitia de forta.

Si nu va fi, TA, nu va fi ceea ce viseaza unii de zeci de ani incoace, daca nu de secole, chiar.

"Russia is now the undisputed master of the UN Security Council"

"... But the key to this disturbing realignment in the global power structure is clearly visible in the draft of the Security Council resolution on Syria, which entirely reflects Russia's interests at the expense of those of the Western powers. America, Britain and France, the three Western members of the five permanent members of the Council, wanted the option to take punitive action against the Assad regime if, as most observers expect, Damascus does not fully comply with the U.N.'s requirements. (Nor has anyone considered how U.N. inspectors can be expected to examine and neutralise stockpiles of chemical weapons in the midst of a civil war.)But Russia is determined to prevent any form of military intervention in Syria, and to that end insisted that the resolution be watered down to the effect that, if Assad fails to comply, then the issue will be referred back to the U.N. where, as we know from history, it will be subsumed by the organisation's bureaucratic complacency..."

sursa:
By Con Coughlin, September 27th, 2013
http://blogs.telegra...curity-council/

Pai eu am rabdare.Cum am avut si cu fratia musulmana
Si cu previziunea despre caderea guvernului tunisian [urmeaza a se indeplini]
Deocamdata le-a luat mult timp celor de la Tribunalul Special pentru Liban sa creada ca Syria, Hezbollah si sponsorul iranian au dat ordinul asasinarii lui Hariri
Acum incep sa ne creada.
Inceputul e greu
In Syria nu va fi islam radicalist, ca nu-i nevoie.
Si nu va fi

Extremists 'Stealing Revolution', Says Syria Rebel Chief

http://www.reuters.c...E98Q13020130927

Egypt's second biggest Islamist party, Nour, on Friday rejected proposed changes to the constitution that would outlaw parties founded on religious grounds

Asta trebuie sa se intample peste tot. Partidele trebuie sa fie politice nu religioase. O miscare de bun simt in Egipt care trebuie copiata in toata lumea araba. Sa speram ca reusesc sa le interzica. Religia trebuie separata de stat. Armata egipteana vrea binele tarii, orice om de bun simt vede asta, doar spalatii pe creier care se plang de 'lovitura de stat' nu reusesc.

Corect! Si crestin-democratii ar trebui scosi in afara legii. Comunismul ar trebui restaurat in Romania ca partid politic, asa cum exista in mai toate tarile occidentale, neavind caracter religios si care reprezinta interesele majoritatii populatiei.