"We're not convinced by the idea of dissolving armed groups" says the spokesman for rebels in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad, after the country's new rulers requested them to disarm. During an interview with AFP in the eastern countryside of Daraa, Abu Orra said the group, led by local strongman Ahmed al-Awdeh, included thousands of men, without any Islamist affiliation. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES