DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The Free Syrian Army has moved its headquarters "into liberated territories in Syria," its leaders said Saturday.
The group had been based in Turkey. It made the announcement of the shift in a video titled "Free Syrian Army Communique No. 1 from Inside," The New York Times reported.
"To our free Syrian people and to all free revolutionaries in Syrian towns, villages and suburbs and to all armed factions of the revolution, we announce the entry of the leadership of the Free Syrian Army into liberated territories in Syria," Col. Riad al-Assad said.
The colonel said the FSA is not trying to take over in Syria, replacing President Bashar Assad.
"We have been accused of swerving from our initial noble goals for the revolution and making questionable deals with foreign parties," he said. "Our goal is not to replace the current regime, which is taking its last breaths."
