Free Syrian Army claims to have received 'arms that can change the balance of power'

The Free Syrian Army - which is fighting to depose the Assad regime - claims that it has received a Russian missile defense system that could change the balance of power in the current fighting.

The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has received a Russian-made air defense missile system, a well-informed source told Al Arabiya on Friday.

Earlier that day, the head of FSA’s military command, Salim Idris, was quoted by Reuters as saying the armed opposition was provided with weapons that can “change the balance of power on the ground.”

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FSA political and media coordinator Louay Almokdad confirmed to AFP that the rebels had received military aid.

“We’ve received quantities of new types of weapons, including some that we asked for and that we believe will change the course of the battle on the ground,” he said. “We have begun distributing them on the front lines, they will be in the hands of professional officers and FSA fighters.”

Although Almokdad did not clarify the parties that had provided them with the latest shipment of weapons, he told AFP that they will be used solely to bring down the Assad regime.

“They will be collected after the fall of the regime, we have made this commitment to the friends and brotherly countries” who supplied the weapons, he said.

Hmmm.