In interview with ToI, a Free Syrian Army officer expresses hope for friendly relations with Jewish state, warns of Iranian militias propping up Assad: ‘They will come for Israel, too’
The commander interviewed by The Times of Israel participated in the recent seizure of Aleppo and his troops are now fighting government forces, Hezbollah and Iran-backed militias in the area, and pushing south.
The rebel leader, in his early 60s, agreed to be interviewed by phone on condition of anonymity and spoke of the objectives of the ongoing campaign, his vision for the future of Syria and relations with Israel, and the role the Jewish state can play, in his view, in support of the rebels.
They’re the ones in charge of Damascus.
Pretty sure it’s a combination of HTS (who lead the offensive), other Islamist movements and the Syrian National Army. The article says “Free Syria Army” but that hasn’t been a unified body for a while so while we can’t be sure who exactly that guy is representing, fuck them anyway. Anyway my point is that there’s nobody in charge of Damascus yet other than the vague grouping of “rebels”, but you can rest assured that this guy is only representing at most one faction within the FSA and not at all the bulk of rebels in Damascus. You’d have to look to Al Jolani or whoever leads the SNA for that and neither has said anything of the sort.