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Source: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/features/letters-from/rocket-propelled-syria?page=show
Rocket-Propelled Syria
(Foreign Affairs) Rania Abouzeid - Weapons traders are doing a brisk business in Syria. Although the Syrian rebels lack the direct foreign military assistance that Assad's regime receives - mainly from Russia - they have tapped into a variety of sources for procuring arms and money. Senior defectors have their own means of funding (largely provided by Syrians in the diaspora and from wealthy Arabs in the Gulf) and are setting up individual patronage networks, distributing money to select groups of FSA units.