Jarba in Erbil to Discuss Latest Developments in the Region

Ahmad Jarba, president of the Syrian Coalition, arrived today in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region and met with its president Massoud Barzani. The meeting discussed the latest developments in in Iraq and its direct impact on Syria. Badr Jamous, Secretary General of the Syrian Coalition, warned earlier the Iraqi insurgents of the monstrous dictatorship of ISIS, which seeks to impose its own despotism in parts of Iraq. “We also warn that Al Maliki government may exploit the fast folding developments in Iraq and unleash ISIS terrorists in the region to penetrate the armed uprising in some parts of Iraq, thus placing the Iraqi people and the international community in front of two options: either we or ISIS. In fact, the policies of the Maliki regime, the main exporter of extremist sectarian militias to Syria, aim to promote Bashar al-Assad claims about fighting against terrorism. It is worth recalling Assad’s statements he made during the outset of the Syrian revolution, when he warned that he will set the region ablaze by terrorists if the revolution continues. Assad was in fact not making a prediction, but was making plans to create a new reality in the region with the help of his allies. This explains the release of hundreds of prisoners in the early days of the revolution to use them later as a scarecrow to the international community.” Jamous concluded his remarks cautioning the Iraqi people of the “the wickedness of the Maliki regime in its dealing with the situation in Iraq. Al Maliki regime has undoubtedly unleashed ISIS terrorists to evade responding to the rightful demands of the Iraqi people who rose up against the government’s policies that are based in repression, corruption and discrimination. In a similar vein, Ahmed al-Alwani, spokesperson for the Council of Scholars of Fallujah, said that armed insurgency witnessed by some parts of Iraq today is the result of the injustice and corruption of the Maliki regime, and denied that the uprising is dominated by ISIS. “Most of the elements of the armed uprising are tribesmen or followers of the Naqshbandi movement, in addition to some of the officers in the old army of former President Saddam Hussein. However, there are vigorous attempts by the government of al-Maliki to infiltrate the ranks of the insurgents to make it look like they are ISIS extremists, thus finding a convenient excuse crush the insurgency. (Source: Syrian Coalition)