CIA Has Begun Delivering Weapons To Syrian Rebels

Revealed: CIA Delivers Weapons To Syrian Rebel Fighters Despite Obama Announcing He'll Pursue Diplomacy Over War -- Daily Mail

* Guns, mortars and ammunition smuggled in as U.S. steps up role in civil war
* CIA bases in Turkey and Jordan being used as conduit for military hardware

Vital weapons shipments from the United States have begun to arrive in rebel fighting units that oppose the regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria, according to sources on both ends of the transactions.

The light arms, ammunition and other small, trackable armaments – likely grenades, mortars and shells – are coming via clandestine CIA operations in a significant escalation of U.S. involvement in the 30-month-long civil war.

The White House promised in June that it would arm anti-Assad forces who were not aligned with Islamist radical groups, authorizing the CIA to do the heavy lifting and manage the pipeline.

But news of the weapons' long-awaited delivery comes at an awkward moment, a day after President Obama pledged to pursue diplomacy instead of military action.

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