The Canadian Press and Free Syrian Army

Free Syrian Army: Brig.-Gen. Hussam Alawak, who heads up intelligence for the Free Officers Movement one arm of the Free Syrian Army also warned in an interview with The Canadian Press that new anti-aircraft weapons threatening coalition jets come from looted stockpiles in Libya and more potent weapons may be on the way. , according to CBC. Operations involving Canadian fighter-bombers continued over the weekend with two CF-18s dropping bombs on targets near Fallujah, west of Baghdad, but the air force refused to provide updated details on the mission other than to say all aircraft returned safely to base. A senior member of the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regime says Canada time, effort and money would be better spent training ground forces to retake territory from the Islamic State in both Iraq and Syria, rather than on a bombing campaign. Canada forces faces daunting mission against in Iraq mission: Canadian CF-18s drop laser-guided bombs over Iraq mission: Canadian CF-18s complete operational flights in Iraq Alawak, who defected prior to the Arab Spring uprising, says the current U.S.-led bombing campaign will not dislodge the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and may drive up recruitment to the group. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.