Assad Warns Israel, Claiming a Stockpile of Russian Weapons - nytimes

BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Bashar al-Assad of Syria displayed a new level of defiance on Thursday, warning Israel that he could permit attacks on the Golan Heights and suggesting that he had secured plenty of weapons from Russia — possibly including an advanced missile system — as his opponents faltered politically and Hezbollah fighters infused force into his military campaign to crush the Syrian insurgency. - Assad Warns Israel, Claiming a Stockpile of Russian Weapons
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