“We have repeatedly urged the Russian government to cut these military ties
completely and to suspend all further support and deliveries,” she said.
There is an EU but no UN arms embargo on Syria, in part because Russia has
refused to allow any action at the security council against the regime. The
US, however, has denied that it is arming the rebels.
“We do not and have not supplied weapons to the Syrian opposition,” the White
House spokesman, Jay Carney, said.
Credible reports emerged yesterday that Saudi Arabia and Qatar have begun to
make good previous promises to supply the Free Syrian Army through Turkey.
Britain, the US and other powers are also providing communications
assistance to the opposition.
Russia has long been Syria’s main provider of weaponry. Its only Mediterranean
naval base is also in Syria, in the town of Tartous.
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