Syrian rebels abandon ceasefire to defend people

by admin
Jun 4, 2012

The Syrian rebels anonunced on Monday that they could no longer be committed to Kofi Annan's ceasefire amid on-going attacks by the Syrian military on civilian targets.

The rebels' spokesperson, Sami al-Kurdi, told Reuters news agency:

"We have decided to end our commitment to this [plan] and starting from that date [Friday] we began defending our people,"

On Tuesday, the UN announced that the Syrian regime had agreed to allow in humanitarian workers for the first time. The workers would be based in four cities: Homs, Deraa, Idlib, and Deir Azzor.

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