From Akram, Angry Arab correspondent in Syria: "Commenting on the case of the "defected" Manaf Tlas, Jihad Makdissi, the
spokesperson of the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the following:
Are we witnessing the birth of a new spirit of tolerance towards professional military officers having their own "political point of view" that may differ from the official positions of the regime? Or it's something else that we need time to understand?"
The legal situation of Gen. Tlas
is that he is an officer in the Syrian Arab Army who chose to leave the country
without permission and who knows that the motto of the Syrian Arab Army is
"Homeland, Honor, Loyalty", and I cannot speak on his behalf or about his
political viewpoints
Are we witnessing the birth of a new spirit of tolerance towards professional military officers having their own "political point of view" that may differ from the official positions of the regime? Or it's something else that we need time to understand?"
