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West embargoes arms to Syrian rebels over their resale to al Qaeda

DEBKAfile Special Report March 30, 2013, 2:45 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags:  Al Qaeda Syria   arms embargo   France   Israel   Turkey   Jordan  Barack Obama   chemical weapons 

Israeli military field hospital springs up on Golan

The West has initiated an arms embargo against the Syrian rebels fighting Bashar Assad since discovering that some of the weapons are being resold to al Qaeda for its conquest of southern Syrian and takeover of positions on the Jordanian and Israel borders and Yarmuk River. This policy reversal was disclosed by French President Francois Hollande Friday, March 29. DEBKAfile: Alarm over the Nusra Front’s territorial gains now tops concerns over chemical warfare in the deliberations of the joint US-Israeli, US-Jordanian and US-Turkish command centers. 

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