Syria rebels gaining momentum amid growing deadlock in country

Damascus, June 10 (ANI): Syrian rebel forces appear to be gaining some momentum, stepping up their attacks on government troops and expanding the area under their control.

The attacks come at a time when the world is focused on pressuring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to comply with a U.N. cease-fire, The Washington Post reports.

Rebel commanders insist they are launching attacks only to defend civilians in the wake of concerns generated by the two recent massacres.

The rebels said that they are acquiring access to ammunition and funding that had been in short supply a few months ago, reorganizing their structures to improve coordination and steadily erode government's capacity to the country. he rebels insist that they are still not being helped by foreign countries, but have ample access to money from Syrian opposition figures and organizations outside the country and are using it to purchase supplies on a revived black market inside Syria.

The Syrian rebels 'are never going to be capable of driving on Damascus and driving out the regime,' Jeffrey White, a former Defense Intelligence Agency official said.

"They're looking stronger to me, and better," White said. "People have been calling them a ragtag force, and I just don't think that's accurate anymore. I would describe them as an increasingly capable guerrilla force." (ANI)