Saudi Arabia decided to pay salaries to the fighters of the Syrian opposition

Saudi Arabia decided to pay salaries to the fighters of the Syrian opposition

Saudi Arabia plans to pay salaries to the fighters of the confronting authorities of the so -called "Syrian Free Army" (SSA) in order to stimulate desertion from the government army and strengthen pressure on Damascus, according to the website of the British newspaper Guardian with reference to unnamed sources.

Er-Riyad was already discussing similar plans with Washington and a number of Arab countries, and at the end of March, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Saud al-Faisal said that the kingdom supports the idea of ​​weapons of the Syrian opposition, since, according to him, “it cannot protect herself without weapons,” RIA Novosti recalls.

This week, the American newspaper New York Times, citing unnamed representatives of the American administration and special services of the Arab states, said that a small group of US CIA employees has been in southern Turkey for several weeks to prevent the supplied armed opposition in Syria in Syria in the hands of the Al-Cadid terrorist group and others extremists.

Washington had previously stated that he did not directly supply the weapons to the rebels to Syria, but admitted that its neighbors could do it.

The Free Syrian Army (SSA) was created from among the defectors and deserters, it is considered the armed wing of the internal Syrian opposition. The SSA was formed last fall and is now under the command of the ex-colonel of the Air Force of Syria Riyad Assad. The combat and numerical composition of the formation of militants is unknown.

In Syria for more than a year, anti -government protests have not stopped, which grew into the armed struggle of the opposition with the formations of the country's power structures. Messages about new armed incidents and victims are received regularly, despite the fact that from mid -April, in accordance with the plan of the UN specialist Cofi Annan, a ceasefire has been announced in the country, which observes the UN observers to follow. According to the UN, the total number of victims of the conflict in Syria exceeded 12 thousand people.