The Washington Post revealed that those terrorists have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, “an effort paid for by Persian Gulf Arab nations and coordinated by the United States
Despite Obama administration’s repeated denials of supplying Syrian terrorists with weapons, The Washington Post revealed Wednesday that those terrorists have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, “an effort paid for by Persian Gulf Arab nations and coordinated by the United States."
The newspaper was quoting “opposition” activists and U.S. and foreign officials who said that the administration “has expanded contacts with opposition military forces to provide the gulf nations with assessments of rebel credibility and command-and-control infrastructure.”
"We are increasing our nonlethal assistance to the Syrian opposition, and we continue to coordinate our efforts with friends and allies in the region and beyond in order to have the biggest impact on what we are collectively doing," a senior State Department official told the Post on condition of anonymity.
The US administration's move to increase contact with the rebels, and boosting information sharing with Gulf states who back them, is a shift in policy that up until now has resisted overt support for the armed groups battling President Bashar Assad forces, the Post said.
“Opposition activists who two months ago said the rebels were running out of ammunition said this week that the flow of weapons has significantly increased after a decision by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other gulf states to provide millions of dollars in funding each month,” it said.
Terrorists, under the cover of the so-called opposition, have been staging attacks in Syria killing and wounding many civilians across the country.