“We are entering a sensitive phase. The regime is on its last legs,” Kurdish activist Abdel Basset Sayda told AFP shortly after being named the new leader of the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC).
At his first press conference since taking over the reins, Sayda called on all members of the Damascus regime to defect, while reaching out to minority groups by promising them a full say in a future, democratic Syria.
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) meanwhile called for a campaign of mass “civil disobedience,” and also urged officers and troops in President Bashar Assad’s regime to jump ship and join the rebel ranks.
Darul Ihsan Media Desk