Free Syrian Army says no ceasefire for Geneva peace talks

Source: Reuters

BEIRUT: The commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said on Tuesday his group would shun a planned peace conference in Switzerland in January and would pursue its fight to topple President Bashar al-Assad regardless.

“Conditions are not suitable for running the Geneva 2 talks at the given date and we, as a military and revolutionary force, will not participate in the conference,” Idriss said.

“We will not stop combat at all during the Geneva conference or after it, and what concerns us is getting needed weapons for our fighters,” he told Al Jazeera television.

Assad, emboldened by a string of military successes, has said he will send delegates to the Geneva talks but will accept no preconditions and will put any agreement to a referendum – a vote which opposition figures say will be rigged against them.

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