Russian S300 anti-aircraft missiles 'delivered to Syria'
13:59, 30 May 2013
DAMASCUS Syria has already received the first shipment of an advanced Russian air defence system, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is reported to have said in a Lebanese TV interview.
Russia vowed to go ahead with sending the weapons soon after an EU decision not to renew an arms embargo on Syria.
Mr Assad is also reported to have told Hezbollah-linked Al Manar TV that the tide of the war is turning.
Earlier, a rebel leader told the BBC that Hezbollah was "invading" Syria.
Gen Selim Idriss, in a BBC interview, claimed that more than 7,000 fighters of the Lebanese Shia movement were taking part in attacks on the rebel-held town of Qusair, BBC informed.
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