Interview with Brigadier General Fateh Hassoun, Commander of the Homs Front – Part 1

A meeting took place between Dr. Zaher Baadarani, President of the Syrian Future Movement (SFM), and Brigadier General Fateh Fahd Hassoun, Assistant Chief of Staff and Commander of the Homs Front, on 30-04-2013 at the office of the Syrian Future Movement (SFM) in Istanbul, Turkey. They discussed ways to support and assist our people in the city of Homs, methods to halt the advance of the Lebanese Hezbollah, and the necessity of unifying all brigades and factions in Homs under the leadership of the Homs Front.

The meeting included questions posed by Dr. Zaher Baadarani to Brigadier General Fateh Hassoun, as follows:

Q1: What is the current situation in the city of Homs, especially in besieged Homs and its countryside?
A1: ✓

Q2: Where did the money donated to Homs go? And why has Homs not been liberated to this day?
A2: ✓

Q3: What is Brigadier General Fateh Hassoun’s wealth today during the revolution?
A3: ✓

Q4: How does Brigadier General Fateh Hassoun (as the Commander of the Homs Front) repel Hezbollah’s attacks on Al-Qusayr and its surrounding villages?
A4: ✓

Q5: What is your message to Hezbollah?
A5: ✓

Q6: How does Brigadier General Fateh Hassoun (as the Commander of the Homs Front) deal with the Alawite villages surrounding Homs today? And what is his stance towards them after the revolution?
A6: ✓

Q7: What is the state of weapons and militants after liberation and the end of the revolution? If Homs is liberated, do you plan to support and assist in the liberation of neighboring areas?
A7: ✓

Q8: Are there elements of Jabhat al-Nusra in Homs and where did they come from?
A8: ✓

Q9: Where do you see Homs heading in the coming period?
A9: ✓

Q10: You are a pilot; if you could fly a plane today, where would you go?
A10: ✓