Saudi Arabia Ignores Diplomacy And Steps Up Arms Supplies To Syrian Rebels

Syrian Rebels Say Saudi Arabia Is Stepping Up Weapons Deliveries -- New York Times

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Arabia, quietly cooperating with American and British intelligence and other Arab governments, has modestly increased deliveries of weapons to rebels fighting in southern Syria, the rebels say.

But the shipments have not been large enough to assuage rebel frustration that they are being abandoned, as the United States shifts its focus to a possible Russian-initiated deal to quarantine the Syrian government’s chemical weapons, or to ease anxieties among the Persian Gulf leaders who have been the rebels’ primary backers.

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Update #1: Saudis Shun Diplomacy in Syria Crisis -- Voice of America
Update #2: U.S. reversal on Syria a blow to Gulf allies but arms to keep flowing -- Reuters
Update #3: Middle East reconfigured: Turkey vs. Iran vs. Saudi Arabia -- Soner Cagaptay and Parag Khanna, Special to CNN

My Comment: The Saudis have always made their intentions on what needs to happen in Syria very clear to everyone .... and I suspect that they are not going to back down in their attempts to overthrow Assad.