Syria's New Rebel President Expects Advanced Weapons To Arrive Soon

Syrian Opposition Head Expects Advanced Weapons To Reach Rebels -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The new president of the opposition Syrian National Coalition said on Sunday he expected advanced weapons supplied by Saudi Arabia to reach rebel fighters soon and change their military situation, which he described as weak.

Ahmad Jarba, who has close links to Saudi Arabia, told Reuters in the first interview since he was elected president of the coalition on Saturday that the opposition will not go to a proposed U.S.- and Russian-sponsored peace conference in Geneva unless its military position becomes strong.

"Geneva in these circumstances is not possible. If we are going to go to Geneva we have to be strong on the ground, unlike the situation now, which is weak. We cannot go to Geneva unless we are strong," Jarba said after returning from the northern Syrian province of Idlib, where he met commanders of rebel brigades in the rugged Jabal al-Zawiya region.

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Update: Syrian Fighting Intensifies, Rebels Expect Weapons -- Voice of America

My Comment: The Syrian opposition movement has clearly chosen a wartime leader to lead them ....giving him the mandate to work with Arab allies in arming the rebel army. He has also made it very clear that he will not attend a proposed U.S.- and Russian-sponsored peace conference in Geneva unless the Syrian rebel's military position becomes stronger. A profile on Ahmad Jarba .... Syria's new opposition leader .... is here.