Syrian Opposition's HNC Says Believes Only in Plan A for Syria

The Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee only believes in plan A for Syria, according to spokesman Salem al-Meslet.

GENEVA (Sputnik) — The Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee (HNC) believes that there is only a plan A for Syria, which is a political solution to the ongoing crisis, spokesman Salem al-Meslet said Thursday.

On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the CIA and its regional partners are preparing Plan B in Syria that includes delivery of various types of anti-aircraft weapons to Syrian rebels. Anonymous US and Mideast officials cited by the outlet would not, however, specify the precise systems that could be delivered.

"We only believe in plan A," al-Meslet told reporters.

Plan B would entail casualties, he explained.

"Because if we talk about plan B, then we talk about lives we loose, and we don't want it," the HNC spokesman stated.

Plan A presupposes the current cessation of hostilities between Syrian government forces and rebel groups, with the exception of terrorist networks operating in the country. The ceasefire took effect on February 27, and has been described as largely holding despite occasional violations.

On February 24, two days after Russia and the United States negotiated the ceasefire, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said the United States was "not ruling out a Plan B" in case the truce did not hold. Moscow questioned US commitment to the cessation of hostilities with its contingency plan.