(Zaman Alwasl)- Aleppo’s Military Council has agreed on new leadership that includes all moderate fighting factions in the embattled province on Wednesday, sources said.
Representatives of Hazm Movement, Mujahidin Army, Division 16, and other rebel groups were involved in the meeting, calling to overpass all rifts and to found a strong leadership which should be far from affiliations and devotions to any power or person.
The Council agreed on Col. Abdul Salam Humeidi as leader, Lieutenant Col. Mustafa al-Fahel and Jihadist Omar Salkho as deputies.
In relevant development, two weeks ago, the Islamic Front, Syria’s main rebel group, merged its factions in Aleppo in four sectors in order to unify efforts in war-torn province, rebel sources said.
This step aimed to have the same formation of regular armies, especially the rules of military discipline, what can make progress in the battlefields, rebel commander told Zaman Alwasl.
IF is planning to have the same formations in other Syrian provinces, source says.
Armed Islamist groups have become the most powerful force in the three-year-old uprising against Bashar al-Assad, who has long portrayed himself as the defender of a secular order in Syria.
Syria's conflict, now in its fourth year, has killed more than 162,000 people, a third of them civilians, and caused millions to flee.
For more from Zaman Alwasl, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
Comments About This Article
Please fill the fields below.