As we have said, Assad has no legitimacy to lead the Syrian people.
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On April 18, 2015 the Levant Front announced its dissolution as an alliance; however, the group announced its reactivation on June 18.
Air Force colonel Pat Ryder said: “Turkey has been a welcome partner in terms of opening up Incirlik Air Base and allowing us to conduct manned and unmanned operations out of the air base”.
The men are an essential part of America’s anti ISIS strategy.
Turkish warplanes struck a number of targets linked to ISIL a few weeks ago, primarily driven out of its intention to retaliate against the bombing in the border town of Suruç and the killing of a Turkish soldier on the Syrian border.
Iskander spoke to CNN from Syria via Skype about the training program and the ongoing conflicts in his country. A senior medical worker told Amnesty international that they have a desperate shortage of intensive care equipment, of blood bags, of liquids, antibiotics, anesthetics and staff. “Most operations are carried out by students”, he said.
Although the first class of trainees was immediately attacked by al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front, leaving one dead and at least five others kidnapped, Abu Iskander remained enthusiastic about the program.
Earlier, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey is determined to continue fighting against the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL). “I speak to the Americans every hour, a total of four hours a day”, he said.
“The second rule in the training project is that we fight whoever fights us”, he said.
“Syrian troops, backed by Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah and other pro-regime groups, retook control of four villages from the opposition fighters”, said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
Ankara has made it clear that its priority is to fight Assad and not ISIS.
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The focus of the U.S. program is the fight against ISIS, and many rebels have publicly complained that they do not wish to endure the lengthy vetting process if they cannot attack the Syrian revolution’s primary adversary, the Assad regime. Make a no fly zone in Syria, then we won’t flee to Europe, but will stay in our homes. “We don’t want to cry on TV, we want the Assad’s regime to be stopped”, Iskander says.
