In a phone call with the pro-government Addounia TV, Ghazali dismissed the reports as “baseless” and an “evidence of the bankruptcy of the instigating media outlets.”
He said that he is still on the top of his work, adding that his defection reports aim to lift up the morale of the armed groups on the ground. Ghazali also stressed the cohesion and strength of the Syrian army.
The Syrian army has witnessed low-profile defections, until recently when a brigadier in the Republican Guards and a confidant of President Assad has reportedly fled to Europe.
The news came amid a worsening situation in the capital Damascus, which has witnessed severe ferocious clashes over the past 24 hours between the government regular forces and armed opposition fighters vying to inflame the capital and drag it to join other conflict-stricken provinces. — Xinhua.



