Homs Local Council suspends membership in National Coalition after useless pleas

The war on the besieged city is fateful, Head of Homs Local council said in a message delivered to the national Council and to the Chiefs of Staff 5 days ago; losing the city will be big loss to the revolution and to the opposition, losing the war will be unbearable tough loss, he added.

Today the council has suspended its membership in the National council as well as no response to the calls and pleas of Homs.

Abdul al-Ilah Fahed, Homs local council representative in the national Coalition has delivered the message again to the main opposition body who hold meetings in Istanbul to name new president of the coalition, according to Zaman Alwasl reporter. '' We suspended our membership until the coalition takes real act to stop the assault against Homs and its people.''

Local council president expressed his big fears and worries if the opposition will not act quickly. Pointing out to something very weird and unintelligible; why all this negligence to the capital of Syrian revolution.

He also inquired about the fate of the promised qualitative arms, stressing that some deny that it received something in the first place.

National Coalition members were busy electing their president,  Ahmad Jarba won the presidency by 55 votes, and Badr buffalo post of Secretary-General of the National Coalition after by 54 votes. Suhair Atassi, Farouk Tayfour and Salem al-Muslet were selected as deputies.

 The head of the local council in Homs his repeated warning of what he called "something wrong" unexplained toward the capital of revolution, describing the battle now as decisive, "either to victory or defeat"

Assad's forces was launched a major offensive 7  days ago against rebels in Homs, center of the two-year-old uprising, in their latest drive to secure an axis connecting Damascus to the Mediterranean.

Activists said jets and mortars had pounded rebel-held areas of the city that have been under siege by Assad's troops for a year, and soldiers fought battles with rebel fighters in several districts.

 The main stream opposition body in Syria called also on fighters of the Free Syrian Army to "close ranks in the face of Assad's recent brutal attacks on Homs".

"Syria is in danger of disintegration as Assad's forces supported by Iran, Russia and Hezbollah militias launch a fierce offensive on the city of Homs," it said in a statement.

"The National Coalition calls on battalions of the Free Syrian Army to come to the aid of Homs with all means possible.

"We also emphasize the need for immediate effective and decisive actions by 'Friends of Syria' including through establishing a no-fly zone and carrying out military strikes against Assad's basic military bases."

Najati Tayyara, prominent dissident figure set off alarm bells, saying people of the besieged city fear the chemical weapons, according to Eqtsad newspapers.

 "For the second day the regime jet fighters destroying Homs, killing civilians under green light from the sleeping world,'' activists said.

Analyst to Zaman Alwasl said that regime wants fiercely getting back Homs ants neighborhoods under his control, before Qusayr and Tal Kalakh, Homs now the main target of Assad's forces which backed by Hezbollah militia.

Walid al-Bunni, Coalition Member told Zaman Alwasl about Coalition intention to announce collective resignations if the international community will not act to save Homs.

 Another dissident, Dr. Kamal al-Labwani, asked to establish a new political body includes a military executive board along side with selected number of opposition figures, according to Zaman Alwasl reporter.

  Mustafa Sabbagh, suggested an urgent meetings represented by National Coalition and chief of Staff with the influential leaders in the international community to find concrete solution to the Syrian crisis otherwise the opposition and the military supreme council will not attend on talks within Geneva 2.

 The 27-month-long conflict has claimed more than 100,000 lives, the Observatory announced Wednesday. Meanwhile, Assad’s forces, backed by militants from the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, have made creeping gains in recent months.