Devant les avancées du régime au nord la Turquie a fourni (avant les accords de cessation des hostilités à Munich) aux groupes qu’elle soutient des missiles Sol-sol d’une portée de 20 kms. Certes ce n’est pas encore la livraison de missiles sol-air portatifs (option afghane Stinger) mais c’est une nouvelle étape dans l’escalade militaire internationale en Syrie :
▻http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-rebels-missiles-confront-offensive-191050845.html
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s foreign enemies have sent rebels new supplies of ground-to-ground missiles to confront a Russian-backed offensive by the government near Aleppo, stepping up support in response to the attack, two rebel commanders said.
The commanders told Reuters the missiles with a range of 20 km (12 miles) had been provided in “excellent quantities” in response to the attack that has cut rebel supply lines from the Turkish border to opposition-held parts of the city of Aleppo.
Facing one of the biggest defeats of the five-year-long war, rebels have been complaining that foreign states such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey have let them down by not providing them with more powerful weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles.
“It is excellent additional fire power for us,” said one of the commanders, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter. The second rebel commander said the missiles were being used to hit army positions beyond the front line. “They give the factions longer reach,” he said.
