Syria’s Interim Defence minister resigns

Asaad Mustafa, Defence Minister of the opposition interim government has resigned today due to the lack of an active role on the ground, he said in statement delivered to the Key opposition group, National Coalition and the Interim Prime Minister Ahmed Toumeh.

 The resignation letter, seen by Zaman Alwasl, said "the efforts that are being made –by the government- are not worth anything in front of the greatness of  rebels' sacrifices.”

The prominent dissident and former agriculture minister in Bashar al-Assad's government pointed out that Syria has been destroyed on the eyes and ears of the world, which is divided between a participant in Assad’s massacres and a languid who covers his weakness by taking an active role in useless initiatives and conferences which have achieved nothing for the Syrian revolution, in allusion to the negotiations, " Geneva 2 " in the ongoing second round now.

The current Interim government was formed on September 15 2013, with no powers seen on the ground.

 Mustafa, in many occasions, has called on Arab states to “unite” their support and make it go through the interim government and its Defense Ministry. He stressed the need that “the support from our brothers and friends rise to the level of the magnitude of the disaster that we are facing. ... We are facing a criminal regime that has allies helping it in committing murder and crimes and are giving it money, arms and men. The [Syrian regime also gets] political support from a major country in the Security Council: Russia,” according to Al Monitor.