Assad forces declare conditional truce

Meanwhile,a Free Syrian Army FSA commander also gave qualified backing to the truce,proposed by UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi,but demanded Assad free detainees. An Islamist group said it was not committed to the truce but may halt operations if the army did.

Qassem Saadeddine,head of the military council in Homs province and spoke-sman for the FSA joint command,said his fighters were committed to the truce. But we will not allow the regime to reinforce its posts. We demand the release of the detainees,the regime should release them by tomorrow morning, he said.

Abu Moaz,spokesman for Ansar al-Islam,said the Islamist group doubted Assads forces would observe the truce,though it might suspend operations if they did. We do not care about this truce. If the tanks and the checkpoints are still there then what is the truce? Moaz said.