After Syria's Al Qusayr has fallen to the regime troops, a new battle is looming ahead targetting this time the countryside towns abutting to the Syrian borders with Lebanon and Turkey, before moving to a pitched battle in Homs and Aleppo.

When Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed in his latest speech to put an end to rocket attacks against the Baalbek-Hermel region, saying that "we will find a solution to this issue", he actually insinuated at his party's upcoming move which will follow two paths:

- The first through Al Qusayr's outskirts heading towards regions held by the Free Syrian Army (the area stretching from the rear side of Bekaa's Aarsal region to Yabroud, Klamoun, Wadi Bardi and Zabadani);

- The second path passes through the Shiite villages surrounding the Bekaa's region of Sariin, crossing into the Syrian territories towards Wadi Bardi.

Meanwhile, the other belligerent camp is awaiting the long-promised military support. The Saudi Arabian Kingdom is considering supplying the Syrian opposition with European-made Mistral-class MANPADS, or man-portable air-defence systems. The shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles can target low-flying aircraft including helicopters and had given mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan a decisive edge against Soviet troops in the 1980s. The United States is also looking at sending Osa anticraft missiles which were once used by eastern Europe countries.

Moreover, the U.S military plan might also include establishing a limited no-fly zone over Syria and would be enforced by F-16 warplanes flying inside Jordan and armed with Patriot missiles, which the Pentagone has approved to keep in Jordan following the end of the Eager Lion joint military drills next week. Furthermore, a no-fly zone would also be consolidated by US bases at Incirlik in Turkey.