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Russia to sell Syria warplanes, air defense systems:

Mikhail Dmitriyev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, said Russia would supply Syria with MiG-29 fighters and truck-mounted Pantsir short-range surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery systems. Ref. Source 7

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Commander of "Free Syrian Army": Al Asad to face Gaddafi's fate:

Free Syrian Army Commander Riad Asaad said two battalions, Abu Ubaida ben Jarrah and Muawiya ben Abi Sufyan, were established under the measures taken to protect civil protestors and resist to the Syrian security forces, Al Arabiya reported. Ref. Source 1

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Syrian Army Deserters Call For No-Fly Zone:

A senior member of the Syrian Free Army, SFA, the newly-formed organisation of soldiers who've defected to the opposition, said that tens of thousands of regime soldiers would be prepared to jump ship but are holding back because they fear they will be wiped out by government loyalists in the absence of protection from the international community. Ref. Source 3

Military Syria

'Free Syrian Army' poses growing threat to Assad:

Since going AWOL, tank driver Adday has exiled himself in Turkey and joined an allegedly growing number of Syrian army defectors who have regrouped under the banner of the Free Syrian Army. Ref. Source 7

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Armed groups kill Syrian general

Armed terrorists in Syria have killed Brigadier General Khleif al-Abdullah in the country's northern province of Aleppo, Syria's state news agency reports. Ref. Source 1

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Syrian Army killed armed terrorists not civilians: military:

The Syrian Army has killed a large number of anti-government terrorists who were behind the killing and wounding of dozens of people in the west of the country, a military source says. Ref. Source 2

Syria Military

16 killed as Syrian Army 'Beats Back' Aleppo Rebels:

A total of 16 rebels have been killed and Syrian government forces are now fully in control of Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud district, the Suriya news agency said. Ref. Source 3

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Syria says army still undecided on ceasefire

Syria said on Wednesday its military command was still studying a proposal for a holiday ceasefire with rebels - contradicting international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi's earlier announcement that Damascus had agreed to a truce. Ref. Source 6