“Saudis send military gear to Syrian rebels”

Saudi Arabia is delivering weapons to Syrian rebels in an effort to stop bloodshed by President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a top Arab diplomat said on Saturday.

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Saudi Arabia is delivering weapons to Syrian rebels in an effort to stop bloodshed by President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a top Arab diplomat said on Saturday. “Saudi military equipment is on its way to Jordan to arm the Free Syrian Army," the diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity. “Saudis send military gear to Syrian rebels” "This is a Saudi initiative to stop the massacres in Syria," he added, saying that further "details will follow at a later time." Earlier this month, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal publicly defended the right of the Syrian opposition to arm itself. "It is the right of the Syrians to arm themselves in order to defend themselves. Weapons used to target homes are used in wars with enemies," he said at the time. AFP says that the news followed a brief meeting on the Syrian crisis last week between Jordan's King Abdullah II and the Saudi monarch King Abdullah in Riyadh. There was no official reaction to the statement from the Saudi capital, but Jordan flatly rejected the report. "Jordan categorically denies the report," government spokesman and information minister Rakan Majali told AFP. Jordan shares its northern border with Syria, through which more than 65 percent of its trade transits. According to local officials, some 80,000 Syrians are estimated to have fled to the kingdom since March 2011. Some Arab countries, such as Qatar and Kuwait, have already proposed to supply Syrian rebels with arms. Syrian Information Minister Adnan Mahmoud told AFP that Saudi Arabia and Qatar were backing "armed terrorist gangs" operating in the country and were therefore responsible for the resulting bloodshed. "Some of the countries backing armed terrorist gangs, such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are accomplices to the terrorism targeting the Syrian people... and bear responsibility for the bloodletting," he said. “Baghdad informed Tehran that Iraq will not permit the use of its airspace or its territory for the transit of any arms cargo to Syria," Iraqi government Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said. A view of Riyadh (Ammar Shaker/CC-BY- SA 3.0/ Wikimedia Commons) Tanjug

“Saudis send military gear to Syrian rebels”

"This is a Saudi initiative to stop the massacres in Syria," he added, saying that further "details will follow at a later time."

Earlier this month, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal publicly defended the right of the Syrian opposition to arm itself.

"It is the right of the Syrians to arm themselves in order to defend themselves. Weapons used to target homes are used in wars with enemies," he said at the time.

AFP says that the news followed a brief meeting on the Syrian crisis last week between Jordan's King Abdullah II and the Saudi monarch King Abdullah in Riyadh.

There was no official reaction to the statement from the Saudi capital, but Jordan flatly rejected the report.

"Jordan categorically denies the report," government spokesman and information minister Rakan Majali told AFP.

Jordan shares its northern border with Syria, through which more than 65 percent of its trade transits. According to local officials, some 80,000 Syrians are estimated to have fled to the kingdom since March 2011.

Some Arab countries, such as Qatar and Kuwait, have already proposed to supply Syrian rebels with arms.

Syrian Information Minister Adnan Mahmoud told AFP that Saudi Arabia and Qatar were backing "armed terrorist gangs" operating in the country and were therefore responsible for the resulting bloodshed.

"Some of the countries backing armed terrorist gangs, such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are accomplices to the terrorism targeting the Syrian people... and bear responsibility for the bloodletting," he said.

“Baghdad informed Tehran that Iraq will not permit the use of its airspace or its territory for the transit of any arms cargo to Syria," Iraqi government Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.

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