Sunday, April 8, 2012

Syrian rebels refuse to stop violence!

(AP) — The commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army has refused a regime demand for a 'written guarantee' to end fighting. Riad al-Asaad's comments come hours after Syria demanded "written guarantees" that its opponents will lay down their weapons before the government withdraws its troops from cities, derailing a U.N.-brokered truce that was supposed to start in two days.
Al-Asaad said Sunday that his group does not recognize President Bashar Assad's regime and for that reason they will not give guarantees....
Makdessi said that Syria will not allow a repeat of what had happened during the Arab League's observer mission in Syria in January, when the regime pulled back its armed forces from cities and their surroundings, only to see rebels flood the areas vacated by government troops..."

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