Saturday, April 26, 2014

CIA Is Providing More Arms And Training To Syrian Rebels

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CIA Is Quietly Ramping Up Aid To Syrian Rebels, Sources Say -- NPR

The U.S. is providing more arms and training to the moderate rebels in Syria, under a growing secret program run by the CIA in Jordan. Sources tell NPR that secret program could be supplemented by a more public effort in the coming months involving American military trainers.

The change in strategy comes as the White House sees Syrian leader Bashar Assad growing in strength, and continuing to strike rebel strongholds.

Another factor: Russian leaders appear unwilling to help end the three-year-old civil war and are continuing to provide weapons to Assad. Finally, al-Qaida fighters and their allies are expanding in Syria, a development that some believe could threaten the U.S. homeland.

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More News On The CIA Providing More Arms And Training To Syrian Rebels

The Big Weapons that the U.S. May Be Secretly Supplying to the Syrian Rebels -- Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Daily Beast
CIA Arms and Trains Syria Rebels Through Secret Jordan Programme -- IBTimes
CIA “secretly” providing arms to Syrian rebels and terrorists -- Ground Report
CIA Arms and Trains Syria Rebels Through Secret Jordan Programme -- Ammon News
CIA Acts In Syria, Slipping Weapons To Rebels In Secret (Interview) -- NPR

2 comments:

James said...

Hey Mattathias what so you know of this guy?
Brig.-Gen Hertzi Halevi

Sean said...

The amount of proxy wars fought between the U.S And Russia in the past is incredible. We can add the Syrian conflict to that total as well.