French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that France was in favour of sending weapons to the rebel Free Syrian Army but only \"in a controlled environment\" and \"with a number of countries\". Speaking at a press conference in Bamako, Hollande said: \"The Russians regularly send (weapons) but we will do it in a broader context, with a number of countries and a framework which can be controlled, because we cannot have a situation where weapons end up with Islamists.\"