Posted on 01/21/2016 6:46:08 AM PST by Trumpinator
Syria conflict: Islamist rebel named opposition chief negotiator
20 January 2016
A Syrian opposition committee has named an Islamist rebel as its chief negotiator at peace talks that the UN hopes to convene in Geneva on Monday.
Mohammed Alloush is the political leader of the powerful, Saudi-backed group Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam).
Both the Syrian government and its staunch ally, Russia, consider Jaysh al-Islam a terrorist organisation.
The opposition committee also warned that it would pull out of the talks if a third party was invited to attend.
Russia wants opposition groups tolerated by President Bashar al-Assad to participate in the negotiations on a political solution to the conflict in Syria, which has left more than 250,000 people dead since 2011.
Kurdish groups, which control large parts of the north, also want to attend.
An unprecedented meeting of Syrian opposition politicians and rebels in Riyadh last month led to the creation of a committee to oversee the talks with the government.
On Wednesday, the head of the Supreme Commission for Negotiations, Riad Hijab, announced Mr Alloush's appointment as its chief negotiator.
Jaysh al-Islam controls much of the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. Its leader, Zahran Alloush, was killed in an air strike last month.
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PS: Its leader, Zahran Alloush, was killed in an air strike last month. That is the chief negotiator Alloush's brother who the Russians killed last month.
Sure, Russia has to call everyone terrorists since they aren’t fighting against ISIS.
Let’s see who a major opposition figure is, George Sabra, a Christian, my, my, my! I thought Assad was protecting the Christians, so why is one one of the opposition figures?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sabra
I guess, Assad is protecting Christians like he is protecting the Baathists that got slaughtered the other day.
Russia killing more civilians than ISIS fighters:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/12113905/Russian-air-strikes-kill-more-civilians-than-Isil-fighters.html
Boy, Russia and Assad are really going after ISIS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sabra
All Syrian rebels deserve to die. If they use human shields - sucks to be them.
You mentioned you lived in Syria. Are you a Muslim Arab? I find your defense of the Islamist jihadist pig rebels telling.
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