A key rebel alliance in Syrian south said in statement issued Saturday the newly-formed Fatah Army in the South is not a national rebel group because it seeks to implement a suspicious agenda on Syrian people which wants to eliminate their free will.
The moderate rebel group in Daraa province, Southern Front, has assured it will firmly stand against Fatah Army if the latter conducts acts against Syrian people's ambitions and their national values.
The statement also said that the Southern Front is the only legitimate representative of Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern region.
On Saturday, eight rebel groups, including al-Qaeda Syria wing, operating in the southern region have formed their own version of Fatah Army, according to video statement.
The alliance includes Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham movement, Fatah al-Sham, al-Furqan Brigades and other small factions.
Army of Fatah, a reference to the conquests that spread Islam across the Middle East from the seventh century, the powerful Islamist group north Syria that took full control of Idlib province since late of March this year.
The "Southern Front", an alliance of rebel groups, has been coordinating operations against Assad from a joint command center in Jordan. It includes groups that have received some support from foreign states that want to see Assad gone, including Gulf Arab governments.
The southern region near the border with Jordan and Israel is one of the areas where insurgents have inflicted significant defeats on Assad in the last three months, notably by capturing the Nasib border crossing with Jordan on April 1.
More than 230,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government demonstrations that were met with a regime crackdown.
The moderate rebel group in Daraa province, Southern Front, has assured it will firmly stand against Fatah Army if the latter conducts acts against Syrian people's ambitions and their national values.
The statement also said that the Southern Front is the only legitimate representative of Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern region.
On Saturday, eight rebel groups, including al-Qaeda Syria wing, operating in the southern region have formed their own version of Fatah Army, according to video statement.
The alliance includes Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham movement, Fatah al-Sham, al-Furqan Brigades and other small factions.
Army of Fatah, a reference to the conquests that spread Islam across the Middle East from the seventh century, the powerful Islamist group north Syria that took full control of Idlib province since late of March this year.
The "Southern Front", an alliance of rebel groups, has been coordinating operations against Assad from a joint command center in Jordan. It includes groups that have received some support from foreign states that want to see Assad gone, including Gulf Arab governments.
The southern region near the border with Jordan and Israel is one of the areas where insurgents have inflicted significant defeats on Assad in the last three months, notably by capturing the Nasib border crossing with Jordan on April 1.
More than 230,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government demonstrations that were met with a regime crackdown.
Zaman Al Wasl
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