Free Syrian Army General Who Will Coordinate US Military Aid To The Rebels Has Yet To Hear From Washington

Free Syrian Army Gen. Salem Idris. Daniel Etter for The New York Times

Free Syrian Army Gen. Salem Idris Yet To Hear From D.C. About Promised ‘Military Support’ -- Josh Rogin, Daily Beast

As the French arrange high-level meetings with the rebel leadership, the U.S. continues to maintain its distance. General Idris talks with The Daily Beast’s Josh Rogin.

Despite the White House’s public announcement Wednesday that it would provide “military assistance” to the Syrian rebels, Washington has yet to communicate with the rebels about that assistance, Gen. Salem Idris, the head of the Free Syrian Army’s Supreme Military Council, told The Daily Beast Sunday.

“We are still waiting for the military support from the United States. They didn’t tell us anything about the military support. Direct and officially, we didn’t receive any information from the United States,” Idris told The Daily Beast, adding that he had heard from “my friends who are close to the administration” while waiting to hear directly. “We welcomed the announcement from the United States,” he said. “They announced that the regime used chemical weapons. But we are waiting for the next step, which will be the decision to support the FSA with weapons and ammunition.”

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Update: Defector Syrian general will be conduit for US military aid to rebels -- Washington Post

My Comment: If I was General Idris, I will not spend my time waiting by the phone for Washington to call.