Rebels need arms to keep fighting in Latakia: Opposition dissident says

 If we don't want to see another 'Qusayr' we have to supply the Rebels of Latakia mountains with arms and fighters, the Regime army is advancing, it dominated two villages were under rebels' control,  Mo'taz Shaklab, prominent opposition activist told Zaman Alwasl after his visit to the rebel-held areas in Latakia province.

The fighters of Free Syrian Army FSA are alone without any support, the Assad warplanes hit the rebels strongholds by the explosive barrels where no Anti-aircrafts missile are existed or developed rockets, Shaklab said.

Mustafa al-Sakhta, the representative of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the main Opposition group warned of neglecting the rebels calls for arms and ammunition  to keep fighting in the frontlines of the Latakia , ''we were born in this coastal land we know more than you, we need to arm the rebels.''

The Joint chief of staff is helping the rebels in Latakia but we need more support, the representative said.

Most of arms in Latakia frontline were distributed by FSA Command, he added.

Six days ago, the military commander of Syria's main Western-backed opposition group visited rebels in the coastal province that is President Bashar Assad's ancestral homeland following recent opposition advances in the area, a spokeswoman according to AP.

Sakhta have criticized the performance of the coalition saying the opposition were busy by small interest while Homs was pounding everyday by Assad's mortar bombers and Heavy artillery and Air raids.

The FSA representative said the Assad warplanes had launched 17 air raids per day.

Over the past two weeks, rebel fighters in Latakia have swept through a string of villages that are populated by members of Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. The advances have not shifted the strategic balance in the area, but they did embarrass the regime in a region that has been under tight government control since the Syrian revolt began more than two years ago.

 Sakhta has assured in his message the values of coexistence and joint living with all citizens of Latakia province.

In recent months, there have been a rising number of clashes between al-Qaida-linked factions and more moderate opposition brigades. The infighting has undermined the opposition's overall effort to topple the Assad regime.

Despite their ideological differences, Islamic extremist groups and more secular-minded rebels also frequently coordinate their efforts when its suits them and there is a mutual benefit.

That has been the case in Latakia, activists say, where more moderate rebel groups fighting alongside al-Qaida-linked jihadi factions, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, captured 11 Alawite villages.

  The real death toll in the Syrian war could be more than 200,000 people, a pro-opposition watchdog group said Saturday, as it provided a latest count that matched that of the UN. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of more than 106,000 people, but warned that the real toll could be twice as high. The United Nations said in July that more than 100,000 have been killed in Syria since March 2011.