Sunday, July 08, 2012

the NCB distances itself from Free Syrian Army gangs

Akram, Angry Arab's chief correspondent in Syria, sent me this:  "After months of hesitation and confused positions, the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change (NCB), is finally distancing itself form the Free Syrian Army (Arabic). Appreciating "the human and positive position of the defected soldiers who refused to open fire against their co-citizens", a statement signed by the "NCB Youth" denounced all forms of militarization and armament, were they under the label of the Free Syrian Army or any other armed group, asserting that the NCB isn't committed to any speech that adopts the FSA concepts adding that the "Free Syrian Army will never be the Savior of the country in what seems to be a reference to some of the decisions adopted at the end of the latest Syrian opposition meeting that took place in Cairo few days ago.

NCB is the main opposition movement activating within Syria. Headed by Hassan Abdel Azim, NCB of about 13 political party the majority of which are leftists or Arab nationalists and one Kurdish party. It suffers from considerable blackout by the media that prefer to focus on the regime and on the external opposition represented by the Syrian National Council."