Syria: Kofi Annan accused of ‘living on Mars’

“It seems he lives on Mars,” said Mohammad Saeed, an activist in the Damascus
suburb of Douma.

“Between us and Bashar Assad are the bodies of 5,000 martyrs. We can’t hear
each other even if we wanted to,” he said. “What dialogue are they talking
about?”

Syria’s opposition is fragmented and suffers from infighting, but most
factions reject talks with the government while the military crackdown
continues.

Earlier, the leader of the main Syrian opposition Burhan Ghalioun, said Mr
Annan had already disappointed the Syrian people, saying his comments were
pointless and unrealistic
.

Meanwhile Turkey’s state-run television TRT said two Syrian generals and a
colonel defected to Turkey on Thursday.

If confirmed, the military defections would be significant as most army
defectors so far have been low-level conscripts. On Thursday, Syria’s
deputy oil minister announced his defection
, making him the
highest-ranking civilian official to join the opposition.

The UN says more than 7,500 people have been killed in the past year since the
revolt against Assad erupted in the country’s south and engulfed the
country. Activists put the death toll at more than 8,000.

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