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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

By arming Syria's rebels, is the UK also arming al-Qaeda?

The UK and France are prepared to supply weapons to those fighting to overthrow Syria's President Assad. But can they arm the Syrian National Council without weapons reaching pro al-Qaeda forces?

Russia responded to the EU decision to lift the embargo on supplying arms to Syria's opposition by confirming it will go ahead with the delivery of C-300 surface-to-air missiles to the Assad regime.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybakov called the missiles a "stabilising factor" that could deter "hotheads" from joining the conflict.

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