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South Syria Fighters Reluctant To Give Up Weapons: Spokesman

Ahmad al-Awdeh's forces don't belive in dissolving, a spokesman has said (Credit: AFP)

Fighters in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad are reluctant to disarm and disband as ordered by the country's new rulers, their spokesman told AFP.

An Islamist-led offensive ripped through Syria from the north and into Damascus on December 8, bringing to a sudden end five decades of rule by the Assad clan.

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