Free Syrian Army calls on Kurdish brothers to join fight as clashes erupt
http://english.alarabiya.net/article...19/221535.htmlThe Free Syrian Army Tuesday called on their “Kurdish brothers” to join rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, while promising an end to injustices against Kurds in a future democratic Syria as fighting erupted between Syrian forces and the armed opposition.
“The Joint Command of the Free Syrian Army ... appeals to our Kurdish brothers, soldiers and civilians, and invites them to join the ranks of the FSA inside the country,” the group’s spokesman Colonel Kassem Saadeddine said in an online video.
“Let us work together to transform the FSA into an alternative national military institution to the army of the ruling gang,” Saadeddine added.
Interesting to see that rebels are now trying to win over some minorities. They know that there is a hell lot of Kurdish soldiers in Iraqi Kurdistan who defected and probably want to use them, maybe establish some connections with Peshmerga and turn Kurdish cities from PKK which chose to support Assad and heat up rebellion even there. IŽll just throw a bone here and guess that they will make similar call on Druze in next few months, after all they already have Jumblatt on their side.
Oh, now they are brothers.
The ****ing morons, they should have done this right when the revolution began
To take a pessimistic angle, the Sunnis were hoping they would have enough momentum by themselves to overturn the state. Now that they realize they are ****ed, now they are begrudgingly turning to outside help. The minorities should use this time to extract more concessions from the FSA, maybe even leadership roles among minorities.
As a matter of fact, SNC chairman is a Kurd.
Things are shaping up nicely for the Kurds this century.
Everyone wants them. Quite a change.
NOW he is...how long did it take for Kurds to have ANY position in the SNC?Originally Posted by kalerab
For that matter, what minorities even hold significant positions in the SNC now with the reshuffle?
Do tell :oEveryone wants them. Quite a change.
Tokenism at it's best.
lol.....
more like every one's looking for a pun.
Is it so hard for the SNC to agree to a Kurdish autonomy or republic .....oh wait they might get chased out of Turkey ....oh well JOIN us brothers ......
Camroon said Putun does not support Assad.
Obama no agreement on Assad.
I am guessing something got lost in the translation
The Kurds won't join them. They never had any Arab support in Syria when they caused an uprising. Besides that, it seems to be that Assad has made a number of commitments to the Kurds. The Turkish-Syrian relation is completely ruined and the PKK thinks it can use this situation for their own interest.
Analysis: Syrian rebels gaining ground
By JONATHAN SPYERRegime employing dual strategy of maintaining a fortress-like hold on the capital while carving out Alawite enclave in the northwest of the country.
06/20/2012 05:22
As the UN Supervision Mission in Syria ceases its activities, there are indications that the Syrian rebels are beginning to gain the upper hand against President Bashar Assad’s regime. The rebels have scored notable achievements against government forces in recent days. There are corresponding signs of growing demoralization among regime troops, and among those sections of the population still supporting Assad.(...)
The advantage in the civil war in Syria has ebbed and flowed. The rebels began to establish “liberated zones” in parts of the country around last October. In late February, the regime launched a determined, bloody counterattack to reconquer these areas, and largely achieved this in time for the “cease-fire” of April 10. With the cease-fire now in tatters, the indications are that the momentum of the insurgency has picked up again, and is now driving forward against the regime’s forces.
A reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, embedded with Free Syrian Army fighters in Homs governate, noted that the rebels have now expelled government troops from the towns of Rastan and Talbiseh, north of Homs city.
The rebels are also battling for Qusayr, to the south of Homs. The FSA unit engaged in this area is the Farouq Brigade, one of the best organized of the free army formations.
Rebels also noted the increased use of attack helicopters by regime forces, to avoid the necessity of engaging rebels on the ground.
One officer said: “There is a new reality that we are feeling daily on the ground.
But the regime refuses to recognize this.”
The spread of the violence into areas that regime supporters had considered firmly under Assad’s control is increasing the mood of despondency.
An individual identified as a former captain of Assad’s army captured by the FSA expressed his surprise at the rebels’ strength. “We didn’t imagine they had these numbers and so much equipment,’ he told McClatchy.
The regime, meanwhile, appears to be following a dual strategy. While maintaining a fortress-like hold on the capital, and still seeking to reconquer urban centers held by the rebels, the regime is also carving out an Alawite enclave in the northwest of the country.
Non-Alawites are being expelled from the designated area. This area will form a safe zone and “baseline” for the regime, Assad hopes, in the event of a long, protracted war.
It is not clear if this strategy will succeed. But the very fact that it is being adopted shows that the regime is seeking to reduce and consolidate its commitments, in the face of the widening rebel assault upon it. The Syrian civil war is entering a new phase.
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=274512
If thats the case, if the potential Alawite republic is being carved out as we speak, if its come to this, then the other minorities would do well to abandon the SNC/FSA and carve out their own republics quick, while they still have the time.
Even if everything bad people have said about the SNC/FSA turns out to be true, then the still Jihadis only gain control of a rump state, which they will quickly destroy through infighting and mismanagement. The region gains a couple free republics, which will become prosperous. Hell, this could be the first Christian country in the ME in a long while (well what Lebanon was supposed to be, but thats another matter). Lebanon wont have pressure up its ass from its overlord Syria, and Hezzies will be muzzled. Wins for everyone.
And once that happens we will probably see Druze, Christians, Kurds, Sunnis and Alawites all turn on each other... then it really will be Lebanon all over again.
Still Syria being hacked into pieces is probably the best scenario to come out of this war.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.p...rticleId=31454
Destabilization is a slippery slope, I highly doubt that the U.S and especially Israel are directly involved in this matter. Arabs have also proven time and again that they don't need much outside help to do this.
The prospect of Assad winning back the whole of Syria is highly unlikely, while we wouldn't shed tears over such an outcome we are not excited to have Salafists take over the entire country or even most of it. So indeed, a Syria divided into ethno-religious states is the best possible outcome from this rotten situation.
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