U.S. And Saudi Arabia Agree To Bolster Support For The Syrian Opposition

The Telegraph: US and Saudis vow to step up war on Assad in defiance of Russia

Two countries agreed to increase support to Syria's moderate opposition while seeking a political resolution of the four-year conflict

The United States and Saudi Arabia have dramatically responded to Russian air-strikes in support of the Assad regime by agreeing to boost their own military and diplomatic support for the Syrian rebels.

John Kerry, the US secretary of state, the King Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh for talks over the weekend. Despite Russian leaders saying they had extracted promises of fresh elections from President Bashar al-Assad, Mr Kerry and the Saudi ruler presented a common front in agreeing to hit the regime harder.

“They pledged to continue and intensify support to the moderate Syrian opposition while the political track is being pursued," the State Department later said in a statement.

WNU Editor: For the Saudis to talk like this .... Progress on Syria but no future role for Assad: Saudi FM (AFP), it tells me that they have been given the "green-light" by the U.S. to escalate their military support of the rebels.

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