U.S. Will Send Arms to Syrian Rebels

The Obama administration, “concluding that the troops of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria have used chemical weapons against rebel forces in his country’s civil war, has decided to begin supplying the rebels for the first time with small arms and ammunition,” the New York Times reports.

“But even with the decision to supply lethal aid, the Obama
administration remains deeply divided about whether to take more
forceful action to try to quell the fighting, which has killed more than
90,000 people over more than two years. Many in the American government
believe that the military balance has tilted so far against the rebels
in recent months that American shipments of arms to select groups may be
too little, too late.”

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