British War Secretary: Britain Has Not Closed Off Option of Arming Syrian Rebels

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Britain has "never closed off" the option of arming the Syrian rebels, British War Secretary Philip Hammond stated.

Hammond stated that the British Government may decide to take stronger action after the European arms embargo expires at the end of this month.
Moreover, talking to BBC2's News-night, he stressed, "The Americans have said today that they are rethinking whether to supply weapons to the opposition. We have never closed off that option."

"We currently have a European arms embargo which expires at the end of May, we haven't yet decided what approach we are going to take to any renewal or modification of that embargo," he added.

The War Secretary said that the Government would need "incontrovertible" evidence of the use of chemical weapons if they were to be part of an international response.

Source: The Independent UK, edited by moqawama.org