The Asad only controls 30% of Syrian territory, according to Prime Minister deserter

Riyad Hijab former Syrian prime minister who defected last Wednesday , has spoken for the first time since his escape. His words paint a pretty grim picture for the regime of Bashar al-Assad, determined to stifle by force popular revolt that lasted 17 months and has caused over 21,000 deaths, according to the count of the opposition groups. The Hijab says Asad only controls 30% of Syrian territory, leaving the rest to the mercy of the rebel army free. According to Hijab, the regime is "near collapse", said in a press conference this morning in Amman. "I can say from my experience and position held that the scheme is on the verge of collapse from a moral standpoint, material and economic. As for the military, the regime collapses and does not cover more than 30% of the territory, "Hijab told reporters in Amman, without much explanation. Yes however asked the army to stop firing on civilians and to break his loyalty to the regime in Damascus. "I ask the army to follow the example of the military in Egypt and Tunisia, which takes the side of people," Hijab said referring to the two most celebrated popular uprisings of the so-called Arab spring, which logaron dethrone their dictators. Observers stress the obvious military superiority of the troops from Asad against rebel fighters who are missing from many other media, weapons. Still, opponents have managed to checkmate the military in more than one occasion. While talking Hijab opposition forces, army troops and pro-government militiamen as they faced every day in neighborhoods and towns scattered throughout Syria. Aleppo, Damascus and Deraa are again the hardest hit towns. Former prime minister as thousands of refugees crossed the border dividing Syria to Jordan at the hands of rebels and smugglers now plans to move to Tasting with his family. Nothing but desert, his spokesman announced that Hijab is passed into the ranks of the opposition, while according to the version of the Syrian government, the prime minister had been fired. The spokesman then explained that the Hijab Asad had threatened to kill him if did not agree with the policies dictated by the regime and the prime minister finally decided to defect. In Amman, the former prime minister explained that he left his post and flee, when he became convinced that the regime would not change. The former prime minister is not an isolated drop. There have been many others, but this president has so far been the most symbolic in the position it occupied in the Syrian Executive. Hijab is Sunni Muslim and a native of the province of Deir al Zor, one of the areas heavily hit by the Army. The core of the regime in Damascus and pro-government forces nevertheless belongs to the Alawite minority. Some foreign observers highlight the risk that the Syrian conflict become a war between different religious groups that have lived so far in the country in harmony. The highlight opposition sources insist that the fear of the sectarian divide is simply a strategy of the regime to justify the need for their existence. "Revolutionary devotees, your revolution has become a model of effort and sacrifice in the struggle for freedom and dignity," said Hijab this morning in Amman, in a speech after which did not allow reporters to ask. Finally called for unity of the opposition forces. "The opposition outside Syria must unify their efforts and put an end to accusations of division. The fact that there are different opinions does not mean that the objective is not the same. "

Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN's new envoy of the Arab League and Syria

The Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi , will be the next UN envoy and the Arab League sources said the pan-Arab organization cited by EFE.The general secretaries of the UN, Ban Ki-moon and Arab League, Nabil El Arabi, have agreed to elect Brahimi, replacing Kofi Annan announced on 3 August that will leave his post at the end this month. Annan lamented then that the increase of violence in Syria and the Russian and Chinese vetoes in the Security Council prevented him from doing his job. Let's wait to hear the official appointment of the mediator until after the Muslim holiday of Eid el Fitr, scheduled for next week, diplomatic sources have said.