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Gulf Arabs 'stepping up' arms supplies to Syrian rebels
Saudi Arabia is responding to the recent Russian air strikes on Syrian rebels by stepping up its supplies of lethal weaponry to three different rebel groups, a Saudi government official has told the BBC.
The well-placed official, who asked not to be named, said supplies of modern, high-powered weaponry including guided anti-tank weapons would be increased to the Arab- and western-backed rebel groups fighting the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian, Iranian and Lebanese allies.
He said those groups being supplied did not include either Islamic State (IS) or al-Nusra Front, both of which are proscribed terrorist organisations. Instead, he said the weapons would go to three rebel alliances – Jaysh al-Fatah (Army of Conquest), the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the Southern Front …. http://www.bbc.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/10/gulf-arabs-stepping-up-arms-supplies-to.html
