Syrian Civil War Update: Rebels Rely on Regime Weapons

As the Syrian civil war progresses, Syria's rebels continue to rely disproportionately on weapons acquired from regime forces. Opposition fighters also use weapons imported from foreign patrons and acquire arms on the black market. But locally made arms often are crudely assembled and unreliable, and the weapons shipments from abroad tend to be insufficient and too infrequent to sustain a rebellion. Thus, the vast majority of the rebels' arsenals, especially heavy weapons, have been seized from regime stockpiles.