... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said.
"Syria will strongly oppose any attempt to bring the Paleostinians into what is happening in Syria," a ministry source said, urging them to direct their efforts at the Paleostinian cause, Syria TV reported.
"All Paleostinian factions must keep away from every effort of armed terrorist gangs," the source added, accusing the rebels of supporting Israel against the Paleostinians.
The statements came amid festivities in the Yarmouk Paleostinian refugee camp in southern Damascus,
...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world...
which have been ongoing for several days.
Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine-General Command (PFLP-GC), led by Damascus ally Ahmad Jibril, fought alongside regime troops while Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, fighters joined in on the rebel side, Syrian activists said.
Damascus has long supported Paleostinian Islamist group Hamas, offering it safe haven and facilities, but opposition activists say some Hamas fighters have recently joined forces with rebels fighting
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
regime.
Syrian members of the Moslem Brüderbund movement, from which Hamas sprung, were among the first to participate when protests erupted against Assad's rule in March last year.
As peaceful demonstrations turned into an armed rebellion, reports said Hamas had quietly moved its offices from Syria, evacuating most of its members, while publicly denying it had shifted its headquarters.
On Monday, the Syrian authorities officially closed the Hamas offices in Damascus.