Statement by the Syrian Revolutionary Factions

• Country/entity

  Syria
  
• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  
• Agreement name

  Statement by the Syrian Revolutionary Factions
• Date

  15 Sep 2015
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Syrian Conflicts (1948 - ) (1976 - 2005) (2011 - ) )
• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process
• Conflict nature

  Inter-group
• Peace process

  Syrian Local Agreements
• Parties

  • Asala and Tanmeya Front (Authenticity and Development Front)
  • Islamic Union of Ajnad al-Sham
  • Nour El-Deen Zenki Movement
  • The Sham Revolutionary Brigades
  • City of Aleppo Brigades
  • Al-Furqan Brigades
  • Faylaq Al-Rahman
  • Al-Arbaeen Brigades
  • Islam Army (Jaysh Al-Islam)
  • The Sham Front
  • Al-Sultan Murad Division
  • Al-Safwa Brigades
  • Sukur Al-Ghab
  • Al-Fawj Al-Awwal
  • Division 13
  • Division 101
  • The Shami Front
  • Fa-Istaqim-Kama-Omert
  • Faylaq Al-Sham
  • Fursan Al-Haqq Brigade
  • Tawhid Army (Jaysh Al-Tawhid)
  • Seif Allah Brigade
  • Ahrar Al-Sham Movement
  • Liwa Al-Haq
  • Shuhadaa Al-Islam Brigade
  • Sukur Al-Jabal Brigade
  • Division 16 Infantry
  • Jaysh al-Mujahideen
  • Jaysh al-Fateheen
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  Short statement within which various rebel factions outline a common position, including the exclusion of Iran from negotiations, the placement of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah on the international terror list, condemning Russia's interference on behalf of Bashar al-Asad, and the progression of talks under the support of the UNSC and the Geneva Communique.

• Agreement document

  SY_150915_Statement by the Syrian Revolutionary Factions.pdf | Download PDF
• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_150915_Statement by the Syrian Revolutionary Factions_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Statement by the Syrian Revolutionary Factions

1st of Dhul-Hijja 1436 Hijri – September 15, 2015

The representatives of the Syrian revolutionary fighting factions have met together and discussed the presidential statement by the UN Security Council issued on August 17, 2015, as well as the plan proposed by the UN envoy for Syria, Staffan De Mistura.

The meeting factions have acknowledged that the statement by the UN Security Council could provide an enabling environment for starting an objective political negotiation and trust-building among all parties.

The meeting factions have reached a consensus on the following:

1. We welcome the call to start a political process that leads to a political transition according to the Geneva Communiqué that stipulates establishing a transitional governing body that starts functioning as soon as an agreement on a solution is reached, and thus, performing all executive authorities, including those of the President of the Republic.

2. We emphasize the precondition of the departure of Bashar al-Assad and all the pillars of his regime, and that none of them would have a place or a role in the new Syria or the transitional phase.

We consider this as a basic precondition for carrying out any political process.

3. Implementing the resolution 2139 that calls for all parties to stop waging any attacks against civilians;

and to refrain from the indiscriminate use of weapons on the populated areas, in the manner that includes the indiscriminate bombardment and dropping explosive barrels on civilians, as well as the immediate stoppage of coercive indiscriminate detention, torture and kidnapping, as well as the immediate release of all detainees.

4. We emphasize the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution 2165 for the year 2014 that allows all parties in the Syrian conflict to convey the humanitarian aid immediately and without any obstacles, so as to deliver such aid directly to the people.

5. We reject overlooking and being silent about the terrorist groups that the Assad regime summoned to Syria and embraced, while they actually exercise genocide and forced displacements of population as well as introducing demographic change in Syria;

such groups include the sectarian militias, the Iranian Republican Guards and the Lebanese Hezbollah.

We call for listing these groups on the Terrorism Lists.

6. Respecting the will of the Syrian people;

as the Syrians are the sole beholders of the power for founding the Constitution of the future Syria and approving each of its articles.

This means that there should be no prior principles imposed on the people as a way for confiscating their free will.

7. We call for excluding Iran from any consultations concerning the Syrian cause, as Iran is truly red-handed with the blood of the Syrians, being a supporter of the terrorist militias, as well as acting to ignite sectarian strife among the Syrian people, in addition to the fact that Iran does not recognize the Geneva Communiqué as a reference (though this Communiqué has been fully supported by the UN Security Council resolution 2118)

8. We emphasize the continuity of the service-providing State institutions as a necessary and vital issue.

And yet, we reject the continuity of the works of the army and security institutions.

We call for dissolving the security apparatus and restructuring the army and the judiciary.

9. The UN Security Council stated that it is calling for holding political negotiations and achieving political transition on the basis of Geneva Communiqué.

The establishment of a transitional governing body has been very clear and explicit in the Communiqué.

And thus, we call the UN Envoy to engage directly into the implementation of the Geneva Communiqué in a manner that is surrounded with regional and international guarantees;

all without reverting to any pre-empted measures or committees formed that would consume time and lead to the rendering of the Geneva Communiqué void of content.

10. We emphasize the necessity of having real guarantees that obligate to all parties to implement whatever is agreed upon;

as the Syrian regime has been accustomed to non-commitment to all resolutions throughout the past five years.

11. The explicit grave Russian intervention on Syrian territory is undermining the efforts exerted to reach a political solution.

12. We call upon the UN and the UN Security Council to bear their responsibilities towards the Syrian tragedy, and to act seriously towards the implementation of the relevant resolutions in a manner that serves the interests of the Syrian people.

Signatories:

• Asala and Tanmeya Front (Authenticity and Development Front)

• Islamic Union of Ajnad al-Sham

• Nour El-Deen Zenki Movement

• The Sham Revolutionary Brigades

• City of Aleppo Brigades

• Al-Furqan Brigades

• Faylaq Al-Rahman

• Al-Arbaeen Brigades

• Islam Army (Jaysh Al-Islam)

• The Sham Front

• Al-Sultan Murad Division

• Al-Safwa Brigades

• Sukur Al-Ghab

• Al-Fawj Al-Awwal

• Division 13

• Division 101

• The Shami Front

• Fa-Istaqim-Kama-Omert

• Faylaq Al-Sham

• Fursan Al-Haqq Brigade

• Tawhid Army (Jaysh Al-Tawhid)

• Seif Allah Brigade

• Ahrar Al-Sham Movement

• Liwa Al-Haq

• Shuhadaa Al-Islam Brigade

• Sukur Al-Jabal Brigade

• Division 16 Infantry

• Jaysh al-Mujahideen

• Jaysh al-Fateheen