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Saudi Arabia supplies FSA by shoulder-fired missiles

Well-informed source assured the Saudi Arabia has begun supplying the Syrian rebels with anti-craft missiles "visual-range", two months ago, according to Reuters.   The shoulder-fired missiles were obtained from suppliers in France and Belgium. Source added...

Starved for Arms, Syria Rebels Make Their Own

SARAQIB, Syria — The workers arrive by darkness, taking their stations at the vise and the lathe. Soon metal filings and sparks fly, and the stack of their creations grows at their feet: makeshift mortar shells to be fired through barrels salvaged from disabled Syrian Army tanks....

Riot police advance on protesters in Istanbul park

Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas on protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park on Saturday, an intervention that came shortly after the prime minister warned that security forces "know how to clear" the area. Protesters had defied Recep Tayyip Erdogan's...

France gambles on Syrian rebels as arms decision nears

  It's a warm day on the Turkish-Syrian border. France's recently recalled ambassador to Syria  is incognito with his deputy and a security agent. After checking the surroundings are clear, the diplomat pulls out a stash of brown envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars....