U.S. To Arm Syria's Rebels Within A Month

US To Send Arms To Syria Within A Month -- The Telegraph

The United States plans to start supplying arms directly to Syrian rebels within a month, US officials said, as it emerged that the CIA has begun shipping weapons to a secret network of warehouses in neighbouring Jordan.

Leaked CIA plans disclose that Washington will despatch arms from Jordan to specially vetted groups in the Free Syrian Army in coordination with European and Arab allies.

The “parallel push” will see backers of Syrian rebels provide training and arms deliveries to the rebel forces deemed moderate and separate from al-Qaeda linked forces.

The arms supplies are intended to be in the hands of the rebels before an offensive against Bashar al-Assad’s regime is launched in early August, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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