Jarba Says Iran, Hizbullah Now Running Syria
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Opposition leader Ahmad Jarba said Syria is now being run by regime allies Iran and Hizbullah, with President Bashar Assad out of the picture, in an interview published Sunday.
Jarba also told the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat that Syrian rebels have seized control of "at least half" of the country, 29 months into an anti-Assad uprising.
Assad is "a killer and a criminal, and... he has collapsed," the National Coalition chief charged.
The opposition leader reiterated the rebels' insistence that any settlement must exclude Assad, demanding that he be "punished for the war crimes he has committed against the Syrian people".
More than 100,000 people have been killed since the conflict broke out in mid-March 2011, the U.N. says.
Assad "no longer runs Syria. The real rulers of Syria are the Iranian (elite) Revolutionary Guard... with the participation of Hizbullah fighters," Jarba said.
Tehran is Assad's main regional backer, while Hizbullah has sent in troops from Lebanon to help the army fight the anti-regime rebellion.
Jarba said that supplying the rebel Free Syrian Army with sophisticated weaponry would "change the course of the revolution," despite Western fears that the arms could land in the hands of extremists.
18 August 2013, 17:46
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what goes around comes around, independence for AHWAZ
Arab insurgents blew up a gas pipeline in Iran last week and dedicated the attack to their brothers in arms in Syria
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/15/us-iran-arabs-insight-idUSBRE97E0O620130815
18 August 2013, 19:31
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I think it was a Ottoman butcher that realized and said something like: "if you pretend that you are not interfering with the Arabs, they will automatically point their swords towards one another". Ahh Muslim Bros, you guys will be responsible for sending the Middle East to the black hole.
19 August 2013, 10:36
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And these Gulf puppet dictators are the root of the problems in Middle East.
18 August 2013, 19:58
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This goes without saying. Had bashar been able to control Syria and finish off the free Syrian Army, he would not have needed HA to help him. After all, HA is a small party that could not make a real difference in Syria which has more than 25 million people. As a matter of fact, HA is making a real mistake in involving itself because the moment bashar is finished and the free syrian army takes over, they will turn to him and destroy him. The free strain army will not be like Israel during 2006; they will knock the edifice on Nassralah head and will wipe out all his cronies. i might be simple person, but mistakes like these could not have been made by a smart guy like Nassrallah.
19 August 2013, 09:40
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look who is talking!!!!! FSA CIA trained, KSA funded 95% foreign jihadist.
19 August 2013, 17:49
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"As far as reality on the ground in Syria...areas controlled by the Syrian regime is still run by secular laws, and areas controlled by the FSA have instated the Saudi like Sharia. "
This is true. They've banned for example smoking and the cutting of beards in certain areas conquered by the FSA. It does not seem that Syria will remain secular in the future.
10 September 2013, 23:00
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Maasallah maasallah good job,kill all the assad axis supporters,even please behead them as soon as after caption.no giving up fighting.hezbollah just handle a small village Al Quseir not at all. The more shia involve the syrian case,the more al qaede slaughters get into syria to terminate assadists.this is exactly what will be the future of the war.after the syria, iran is next starting with khouzisthan arab region
