Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received the first batch of air defense systems from Russia, was quoted as saying recently in sending a signal to the war-torn country's mistakes EU arms embargo military strength.
"Russia's S-300 anti-aircraft rockets, Syria has received the first shipment," the Lebanese newspaper al-Ahmad Baltimore newspaper quoted Assad as saying in an interview, due later on Thursday broadcast.
More missiles will soon arrive, he was quoted as saying.
Russia has said it will deliver the missile systems to the West against the Syrian government, saying the move will help stabilize the regional balance.
Staunch ally of Assad's government, Moscow has appeared increasingly arrogant, because the EU let expire its arms embargo on Syria, armed rebels fighting the West opened up the possibility of overthrowing the president. June 1 embargo ineffective.
United States, France and Israel have called for Russia to stop its missile carries.
Interview with Assad on Thursday released from Al Manar, television stations and Assad's ally, Shi'ite Muslim militant group Hezbollah.
More than 80,000 people have died in Syria since the peaceful protests against four decades of Assad family rule lead to a civil war has pitted the power of the president and his allies, Hezbollah, Syria and Sunni rebels Islamic militants who had come streaming to help them imported from abroad.
Moscow said that the failure of the EU embargo, the United States and Russia-led efforts, the Syrian government and its opponents, who do not want an immediate end to Assad family rule four years to establish a peace conference between the complexity.
Syrian leader said he plans to "Geneva 2" conference, al-Ahmad Barr reports, although he is not convinced, fruitful, and said that he would continue to fight militants.
Threats against Israel
In Israel, the United States main ally in the region, officials said, S-300 can reach deep into the Jewish state, and threatened its main commercial airport near Tel Aviv flights.
Ahmad Al Barr said Assad also stressed his army and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon - Syria Syrian side of the border between public battle.
"Syria and Hezbollah is part of the same axis," al-Ahmad Baltic quote he told al-Manar's.
"The Syrian army is an armed group fighting and leading the struggle, this struggle will continue until all those who are called terrorists were eliminated."
Syria sits along the fault lines of several regional and ethnic conflicts and violence in the country more and more cross-border exudation.
Israel, any alert is sent to the weapons in Syria, Hezbollah, has launched three air strikes Damascus to stop suspected transmission.
A recent string of strikes sparked an angry response from the Syrian capital Damascus, shook the entire city. State media said that Syria against any further attacks, but will also allow the armed groups to attack Israel in the Golan Heights shared border.
Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights in the 1967 war and occupied the area of ??today's territory, but Assad and his father, the late President Hafez al-Assad, has been quiet for decades boundaries.
"The Syrian government will not stand any hope of liberation war resistance groups Syrian Golan way," Assad as saying that in the upcoming interview.
Hezbollah has said it is willing to support the group selected from the Golan launch operations.
Israel has become the S-300 shipments of special vigilance. Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said on Tuesday, however, has not yet shipped on the road.
Sources close to the Russian arms export monopoly Rosoboronexport (Rosoboronexport) said last year that the S-300 previously agreed transaction has been frozen in Syria violence concerns. But one of the sources said that Syria had already paid 20% of the contract price.
Earlier this month, Israel has told Washington that Syria has begun to pay $ 900 million to buy S-300, the initial delivery of three months.
 
 



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