A ban on chemical weapons
isn't enough, a Syrian opposition group said Sunday.
It called for the Syrian regime
to end the use of airpower over populated areas.
"The Syrian National
Coalition insists that the ban of use of chemical weapons, which led to the
loss of lives of more than 1,400 Syrian civilians, must be extended to ban the
use of the regime air power and ballistic weapons against population centers,
in addition to the redeployment of heavy weapons away from population centers,
and the prohibition of use of these weapons to bomb Syrian cities and
villages," the group said in a statement.
"The world must not allow
the Assad regime to take advantage of the Russian initiative and their joining
the treaty on the prohibition of the use of chemical weapons as an excuse to
continue the daily slaughter of the Syrian people with impunity," it
added.
The group expressed skepticism
about the chemical weapons deal.
"The Assad regime has a long
track record of deceit when it comes to dealing with the treaties and empty
promises in the regime attempt to buy more time," the coalition statement
said.
It asked rebel supporters to
strengthen its military capabilities.
"The coalition calls upon
the Arab brothers and Friends of Syria military to strengthen the arm
capability of the military opposition to be able to neutralize the Assad air
force and his tanks to force the regime to end its military campaign and accept
a political solution that will lead to a democratic transition in Syria ," it
said.
Gen. Salim Idriss, head of the
rebel Free Syrian Army, told reporters in Istanbul he has information that
Syria has already started to move chemical materials and weapons out of the
country, into Lebanon and Iraq.
Why not restrict air power too? If the world diplomacy at
wheel why not restrict criminal assad airstrikes are not subject of banning? That seem more than fair!
