Syrian rebels say they will respect a 10 April ceasefire deadline in line with a UN-backed peace plan aimed at ending one year of bloodshed, even in the event that the government fails to pull back its forces from cities, a spokesman said on Sunday.
"We will commit to the deadline even if they do not pull back [their forces]; we will cease fire as we have pledged to the UN," said Colonel Qassem Saad Al-Deen, spokesman for the joint command of the Free Syrian Army inside Syria. "But if they [government forces] fire, we will pick up arms again and fight them," he told Reuters from inside the troubled country.
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