Syria Ex-General Plans End to Regime

Syrian Ex-General Planning

End to the Assad Regime

EX-GENERAL JOINS REBELS WITH TAKE-OVER PLAN
A former Syrian general who is now trying to plot the downfall of the Assad regime from a refugee camp in Turkey has called for an inclusive interim government to avert a descent into all-out civil war.

'The way out of the current crisis is the formation of an interim government that includes all ethnic groups in Syria and that works in coordination with the military council,' Brigadier General Fayez Amr told AFP.

Amr is a member of the military council made up of Syrian army deserters who are staying in Apaydin camp in southern Turkey's Hatay province, about four kilometres from the border.

TURKEY GIVES REFUGE STATUS TO SYRIAN ARMY DESERTERS
Turkey has provided sanctuary to deserting senior army officers who are working with the rebel Free Syrian Army to encourage mass defections to its ranks.

Turkish officials say 27 defected generals and their families are staying in the camp. The government has barred access to the camp for journalists, but the deserters speak to the media by telephone or Skype.

In a telephone interview, Amr complained of lack of unity within the Syrian opposition.

'Let's not deceive ourselves. I cannot see any unity among Syrian opposition factions,' the general told AFP.

'There is no unity within the Free Syrian Army, nor within the Syrian National Council.'

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