Thursday, September 26, 2013

Key Syrian Rebel Groups Break Away From The Western And U.S. Backed Rebel Coalition



Syrian Rebel Groups Form Islamic Alliance -- L.A. Times

Nearly a dozen of the largest Syrian rebel groups decry the U.S.-backed Syrian National Coalition, which they say is out of touch.

Nearly a dozen of the largest Syrian rebel groups, including one linked to Al Qaeda, have formed an Islamic alliance that could serve as the basis for a future political bloc and have denounced the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition.

The bloc explicitly called for sharia, or Islamic law, to be the sole source of legislation in Syria, which for decades has been governed under iron-fisted secularism by President Bashar Assad and his late father, Hafez Assad.

Members of the alliance said Wednesday that an Islamic state represented the true wishes of the majority of Syrians, but added that it would not be forced upon people.

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More News On Key Syrian Rebel Groups Breaking Away From The Western And U.S. Backed Rebel Coalition

Main Syrian opposition group splits -- USA Today/AP
Syria rebels break ranks in challenge for foreign backers -- FOX News/AFP
Key Syrian Rebel Groups Abandon Exile Leaders -- New York Times
Largest Syrian rebel groups form Islamic alliance, in possible blow to U.S. influence -- Washington Post
Syrian rebel groups defect from Western-backed opposition -- Al Jazeera
Syrian rebels reject interim government, embrace Sharia -- CNN
Alliance of rebel groups calls for an Islamist Syria, not a U.S.-backed democracy -- Washington Times
Islamist Bloc in Syria Rejects National Coalition -- Voice of America
Syrian opposition splits after Islamists push for sharia state -- The Telegraph
Islamist Syrian Rebels Reject Opposition Backed by West -- RIA Novosti
Syria schism: West-backed rebels shun West-backed opposition coalition -- RT
US Syria plans face setback as key rebels break from coalition -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Syrian Rebel Groups Slam Western-Backed Opposition -- Time/AP
Split Weakens U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebels as Islamists Strengthen -- Bloomberg Businessweek

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