U.S. To Arm Syrian Rebels Within Month, Officials Say

U.S. To Arm Syrian Rebels Within Month, Officials Say

WASHINGTON--The Central Intelligence Agency has begun moving weapons to Jordan from a network of secret warehouses and plans to start arming small groups of vetted Syrian rebels within a month, vastly expanding the Obama administration's role in support of moderate forces battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to diplomats and U.S. officials briefed on the plans.

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