Syrian rebels say civilian airliners now 'legitimate targets'

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Syrian rebels say civilian airliners now 'legitimate targets'
By: Alex Thomas London
01:16 6 Sep 2012

Civilian aircraft flying in or out of airports in the Syrian cities of Damascus or Aleppo risk being shot down from 10 September onwards, opposition group the Free Syrian Army has publicly declared.

"The airports of Damascus and Aleppo will be considered legitimate targets as of 10 September," says the group's political advisor, Bassam El-Dada...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9526239/France-may-send-anti-aircraft-guns-to-Syrian-rebels.html

By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent
6:34PM BST 06 Sep 2012
France 'may send anti-aircraft guns to Syrian rebels'
France may seek to break the increasingly bloody stalemate in Syria by providing rebel forces with artillery and anti-aircraft guns, it has been claimed...