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Friday, September 13, 2013

United States ( U.S. ) began supplying lethal weapons to the Syrian Liberation Army militants .


United States ( U.S. ) began supplying lethal weapons to the Syrian Liberation Army militants .

 Syria's main opposition group said the United States ( U.S. ) began supplying lethal weapons to the Syrian Liberation Army militants .

Syrian national coalition spokesman , Khaled al - Saleh said Washington began providing military aid to the opposition after confirming the weapons do not fall into the wrong party .
In the Al - Arabiya reported on Friday ( 13/9 ) , which oversees the CIA's secret task Syrian militants , not commenting on it. Saleh's statement was made during a press conference in Washington .

When it coincides also with the first public announcement that U.S. military equipment such as weapons and ammunition began to enter the battlefield . Government sources said it was impossible given U.S. weapons currently in the hands of the Syrian opposition .
However , these sources do not deny the possibility of military aid . U.S. officials leaked to the media that the CIA send small arms and ammunition pass through Turkey and Jordan .

United Nations ( UN ) declared President Bashar al- Assad agreed to the decree antisenjata chemistry . That is, Syria formally agreed to international law prohibiting the use of chemical weapons .

Spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said the UN received a letter telling Assad has signed a decree banning chemical weapons that took place since 1992 .

In fact , the Syrian government is committed to carry out the obligations of the convention before being implemented . United Nations , at the same time also hopes the talks in Geneva , between Russia and the United States ( U.S. ) immediately resulted in a peace treaty .

Also , the UN believes the world will support and assist internasonal the agreement to be realized . The UN statement came after Assad , in an interview with Syrian television channel , claims to be ready to sign the rules in anti- chemical weapons convention .

Assad explained , in an interview quoted by Interfax , that Syria's chemical weapons put them under international control since the Russian demand . '' The threat of the U.S. do not affect this decision , '' he said as quoted by Al Jazeera on Friday ( 13/9 ) .

He also denied that his regime behind the sarin gas attack in the suburbs of Damascus on 21 August. Assad also sure there are neighboring countries that supply chemical weapons to terrorists , Assad called for the opposition .

Although Assad has approved chemical antisenjata treaty , but fighting continues in Syria . Activists through video footage shows Syrian air forces attacked hospitals located in the northern region controlled by the Opposition .

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria steps prove the good faith of the country. He also reiterated this is a stern warning to the U.S. not to use violence .

Speaking at a summit of international security group , Putin said the move showed serious Syria following international desire . '' It would mark a serious step towards the completion of the Syrian crisis , '' Putin said in Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan .

Government forces executed at least 248 people in the villages and Banias Bayda earlier this year , said the human rights group Human Rights Watch ( HRW ) Friday asked the Damascus responsible .

In one report , a group based in New York said it compiled the list of 248 names of people who were killed in two villages in the province of Tartus on the 2 and May 3 .

But the report said the number was probably much higher , and called the killings " one of the most short executions since the beginning of the conflict in Syria " .

The report comes as the international community to discuss the plan for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons , chemical weapons after an attack that killed hundreds of people on August 21 on the outskirts of Damascus .

HRW said the killings in Bayda and Banias other weapons may also be used in the Syrian conflict .

" As the world's attention to ensure the Syrian government is no longer using chemical weapons against the population , we can not forget that the Syrian government forces have used conventional weapons to kill civilians , " said HRW 's Middle East director Joe Stork .

The killings were widespread in the media in May, with a monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the final number was 162 people were killed in Bayda and 145 people were killed in Banias .

The group says at least 110,000 people have been killed since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011 .

Earlier this week , UN investigators said the forces of President Bashar al - Assad " continued widespread attacks against the civilian population , murder , torture and rape and abduction as a crime against humanity " .

Villages of Bayda and Sunni Banias , while the areas around it was inhabited Alawi groups - minority religion in which Bashar is a member .

The killings were condemned by the opposition at the time as a " sectarian killings " .

HRW said most of those killed were executed after the army clashed with rebel forces ended .

HRW also documented the execution of at least 23 women and 14 children , including babies , " the report said .

HRW said witnesses said pro - government forces burned dozens of bodies and burned and looted houses after the execution .

HRW urged the UN filed a case in Syria to the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) and asserted that Damascus was asked to help the UN investigation .

" The UN Security Council has the opportunity to prevent the killing of the future - not only by chemical weapons , but by all means and all parties - to submit issues to the ICC , " said Stork

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