Syrian 'fractured opposition' & UNSG Moon maneuver to buy time 'til US weapons arrive ...
(Reuters) - "U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Monday for forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebel fighters in Syria to put down their weapons during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.......
The new president of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, said on Sunday he was prepared to offer Assad's forces a truce during the Muslim holy month....."
However, US provided weapons are not in the cards ...
(Reuters) - "Congressional committees are holding up a plan to send U.S. weapons to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because of fears that such deliveries will not be decisive and the arms might end up in the hands of Islamist militants, five U.S. national security sources said....
Technically, the administration does not need specific congressional approval ... However, under tacit rules observed by the executive branch and Congress on intelligence matters, administrations will not move ahead with programs like weapons deliveries to the Syrian opposition if one or both of the congressional intelligence committees express serious objections....
Syrian opposition sources and officials of governments in the region which support anti-Assad forces have begun to express puzzlement .,,, One Arab government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, expressed concern .... the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood said it felt "abandoned and disappointed"..."
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