South Syrian rebels say Assad foes are supplying more arms
 

(Repeats Monday item) * Rebels say they get more support from Assad's foes * Army plan focused on targeted strikes - military source * Southern rebels seen as last foothold for mainstream By Tom Perry BEIRUT, March 23 (Reuters) - Mainstream rebels in southern Syria say foreign states have stepped up ******* supplies to them since Damascus launched an offensive early last month to regain the frontier zone near Jordan and Israel. This suggests President Bashar al-Assad's Arab and Western enemies want to help preserve the last major foothold of what they call the moderate opposition, although the rebels say the equipment still falls short of their needs. At first they advanced rapidly through the southwestern corner of Syria. State TV broadcast from several villages captured from the insurgents, who are among the last remnants of the mainstream rebellion against Assad that has been crushed elsewhere by government forces or jihadist groups such as Islamic State and the Nusra Front, a wing of al Qaeda.

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