Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad walk through rubble in Aleppo. © REUTERS/ George Ourfalian
Syrian Rebels Hope For US Arms In August – Reports -- RIA Novosti
WASHINGTON, July 23 (RIA Novosti) – Rebel forces seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad hope to receive arms from the United States as early as next month after two key US congressional committees approved the weapons shipments, according to media reports.
“We think August is the date,” The New York Times cited a Syrian opposition leader as saying in an email Monday night.
The intelligence committees in both the US Senate and House of Representatives last week signed off on the White House’s plan to allocate US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) resources to provide weapons, training, and logistics and intelligence support to the Syrian rebels, though US officials only confirmed this week that the committees had approved the program.
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