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SYRIA – NEWS
SURGE IN DEFECTIONS AND NEW BRIGADES FORMED AS FSA SLOWLY GAINS THE UPPER HAND:TIMELINE – 11th SEPTEMBER 2012 10.25 GMT:
As fighting continues across Syria, so does the level of defection according to activist websites across the Internet.
Increasingly, small groups of soldiers, officers and enlisted men, are reported defecting throughout the country on a daily basis, often with significant equipment including tanks and BMPs (Russian armoured tracked vehicle), as in this video from Maarat Nouman in Idlib, HERE:
Syrian Army BMP Armoured Vehicle
New Free Syrian Army brigades are also being formed virtually every day and Opposition fighters are able to mount effective hit-and-run attacks against Assad regime checkpoints and bases, many of which in some rural areas are completely surrounded by a hostile population.
In this video, Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters destroy in spectacular fashion, an Assad weapon and ammunition dump in Zabadini, HERE:
