More soldiers defect from the Syrian army

A senior military officer in the Syrian city of Hama has defected along with up to 50 of his soldiers, in protest of the government's ten-month crackdown on peaceful protests that has claimed thousands of lives across the country.

Colonel Afeef Mahmoud Suleiman announced his defection live on Al Jazeera's Arabic news channel on Saturday.

Suleiman is from the Syrian air force logistics division. He said he and his men had taken on a new mission to keep protesters in Hama safe during demonstrations.

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[bloodyhawk989]

@BentBuddha if only i could give this comment 10,000 likes

[Words2soul]

What happened to the previous Like? The comment have deep respect for these soldiers??

[civilisationskerl]

@kyleolsenwalsh That's right, it is a hold on strategy in hope that Assad will loose his main support and dry off.

[civilisationskerl]

@stevenbford1 In the fact that Al-Qaida is a Holywood founded group wich makes no sense, because in Islam it is more than clearly forbidden to kill civilians or to kill yourself , so they shouldn't named Islamists or extremists because it isnt extrem islamic but extreme unislamic so they could name them psycho-al qaida, but reality shows that all this bombings are fakes and made by the real evil power wich slaved this world enough.

[civilisationskerl]

@SBhunter The conspiracy against Islam starts to end and the Islamic Union will soon rescue the muslim world from dictators and invading western armies.

[civilisationskerl]

@umlarmy Yes, AKs for Assad Thugs who take childs and beat them to death, rpgs for Assads tanks who invade cities and fire on houses this is pure logic.

[civilisationskerl]

@umlarmy Gunfight solves the problem, gunfight is the only solution, also you can get killed and destroyed completly than you and your people stop to exist but this isn't what the syrians want! Resistance is good!

[umlarmy]

@Theethruth are you Syrian?? Yes, I dont agree with both parties - Syria Gov and opposition gang.. Guns fight did not resolve anything..

[Theethruth]

@umlarmy yeah the only reason they have those is because the government will and has killed unarmed civilians clearly peaceful protest doesn't mean shit now does it?

[umlarmy]

@Theethruth I mean the rebels.. not the peace protester.. see the above vids.. the ex-army would turn into arms rebels.. dont you see the AKs, RPGs and ammunition?? What it could be??.. pancake AK-47??!!

[SBhunter]

The conspiracy against Syria is very clear.