Syrian Rebels Have US Stinger Missiles – Russian General
Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s regime are now armed with man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) including US-made Stingers, Russia’s top military commander said on Wednesday.Russia has “reliable evidence” that the rebels have the weapons, “including US-made Stingers,” but “who delivered them, we need to look into,” Army Headquarters General Nikolai Makarov said.NBC news reported in August the rebels had been supplied with unspecified MANPADS, possibly initiated by Turkey, Saudi Arabia or Qatar which have repeatedly called for lending military support to the Syrian opposition.US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said she could not confirm whether the rebels had been supplied with such missiles, and maintained the United States was against the uncontrolled spread of MANPADS.“Opposition groups have now at least the Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) – most likely acquired from Assad’s own forces, and it is possible that a smaller number of Stinger MANPADS are also now in their possession,” said Douglas Barrie, an air warfare analysts with the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.
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