General Selim Idris, the head of the opposition Syrian Supreme Military Council, has criticized the deal reached Saturday by the United States and Russia on a plan to eliminate the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons.

Idris said the deal would allow Assad to escape being held accountable for killing hundreds of civilians in a poison gas attack on Damascus last month.

Idris claimed Assad's forces had started moving some of their chemical weapons to Lebanon and Iraq in the last few days to evade a possible UN inspection.

"We have told our friends that the regime has begun moving a part of its chemical weapons arsenal to Lebanon and Iraq. We told them do not be fooled," Idris told reporters in Istanbul, as cited by international media.

"All of this initiative does not interest us. Russia is a partner with the regime in killing the Syrian people. A crime against humanity has been committed and there is not any mention of accountability."

On Saturday, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced Saturday that they had agreed on a plan to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014. If Syria fails to comply, the deal could be enforced by a UN resolution backed by the threat of sanctions or military force.

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