Press Release from the Free Syrian Army

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Press Release
Farouk Battalion
Free Syrian Army

The battalion salutes the heroic foreign journalists for their work in Baba Amr and congratulates the families and friends of the journalists on their well-being after ensuring the safe return of some of them. The battalion will not spare any effort to save the rest of them. The battalion expresses its gratitude to the Syrian High Relief Commission for organizing and cooperating in hosting the journalists in Lebanon. The battalion also extends the sincerest condolences to the families and friends of the journalists who were killed while defending humanity and people in Syria in general, and in Baba Amr in particular.

The Farouk battalion denies any presence of al-Qaeda in Syria and calls on the journalists who have been evacuated to testify regarding this subject to refute the Assad regime’s allegations of al-Qaeda presence among Syrian revolutionaries. The battalion also demands that members of al-Qaeda stay out of the Syrian issue and revolution.

The battalion requests that all revolutionaries abide by the laws of war and the Geneva Convention for treatment of prisoners of war, and to adhere to the highest and most noble morals. The people of Syria are the descendants of values and civilization, and their frustration in the failure of international organizations in protecting the people of Syria will not drive them to extremism at any point. The people of Syria depend on God first and foremost, but are still waiting for the so-called “Free World” to make a quick move to help them and to stop the massacres committed against the people of Baba Amr.

The battalion calls upon all Syrian political groups and parties to not politicize the Syrian Revolution and to not form any armed factions affiliated with a certain political group or party. The battalion calls on all politicians to assemble under the umbrella of the Syrian National Council and its military council, and calls upon all the honorable political groups inside Syria, which identify with the pains of the Syrian revolutionaries, to dissolve in favor of and join the Syrian National Council. The battalion strongly demands that the Syrian National Council opens the door to include all opposition spectra and groups before it is too late.

God bless the souls of our fallen heroes and long live free Syria!
Farouk Battalion
Free Syrian Army
02 March 2012


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[David__77]

1. Hopefully they adhere to such proclamations.

I do think it odd to claim to oppose "politiciz(ing) the Syrian Revolution." Aren't revolutions political by nature? I suppose it meant not to be make is narrow or sectarian or dogmatic. Good advice.

The appeal to the "free world," with sarcastic use of quotation marks, seems ill-placed. What about an appeal to the Syrian masses, who must after all, determine their own fate? Further, if they have god "first and foremost," then the need for the "free world" should pale in comparison. Unless one is a kuffar that is.