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Sounds like the balloon is getting ready to go up. No doubt these moves are both humanitarian and part of a larger strategy to isolate Iran - Syria being its major ally in the region and a logistical & economic conduit to Hezbolla etc.
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World powers convene to map out Syria aid plan amid reports of violence
(CNN) - World powers convening Friday in Tunisia are mapping out a plan to deliver humanitarian aid, call for a cease-fire and give political legitimacy to the Syrian opposition, while details emerged that Arab nations have begun supplying arms to Syrian rebels, sources told CNN.
The diplomatic developments follow opposition claims that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces are now emulating elsewhere the shelling attacks against the besieged city of Homs that have left hundreds dead.
At least two people were killed Friday in Homs, during the 21st consecutive day of shelling targeting the center of resistance, according to opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
That follows reports that more than 100 people were killed across Syria a day earlier, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, a loose network of opposition groups that documents government violence.
Diplomatic sources told CNN late Thursday that a number of Arab nations are supplying arms to the rebel Syrian army and militias.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, would not identify the countries.
But there are no shortage of possibilities, beginning with Turkey and nations belonging to the Arab League that have condemned al-Assad's nearly year-long brutal crackdown on an opposition calling for an end to his regime.
The Friends of Syria gathering in Tunisia -- the cradle of the Arab Spring movement -- is expected to draw more than 70 countries, including the United States and member nations of the European Union and the Arab League.
The Friends of Syria group grew out of the failure of the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution condemning the violence and laying out a plan for al-Assad to transfer power.
Neither Russia, which is a Soviet-era ally and arms dealer to Syria, nor China is participating in the Tunisia meeting. Both countries vetoed the U.N. resolution.
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(CNN) - World powers convening Friday in Tunisia are mapping out a plan to deliver humanitarian aid, call for a cease-fire and give political legitimacy to the Syrian opposition, while details emerged that Arab nations have begun supplying arms to Syrian rebels, sources told CNN.
The diplomatic developments follow opposition claims that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces are now emulating elsewhere the shelling attacks against the besieged city of Homs that have left hundreds dead.
At least two people were killed Friday in Homs, during the 21st consecutive day of shelling targeting the center of resistance, according to opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
That follows reports that more than 100 people were killed across Syria a day earlier, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, a loose network of opposition groups that documents government violence.
Diplomatic sources told CNN late Thursday that a number of Arab nations are supplying arms to the rebel Syrian army and militias.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, would not identify the countries.
But there are no shortage of possibilities, beginning with Turkey and nations belonging to the Arab League that have condemned al-Assad's nearly year-long brutal crackdown on an opposition calling for an end to his regime.
The Friends of Syria gathering in Tunisia -- the cradle of the Arab Spring movement -- is expected to draw more than 70 countries, including the United States and member nations of the European Union and the Arab League.
The Friends of Syria group grew out of the failure of the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution condemning the violence and laying out a plan for al-Assad to transfer power.
Neither Russia, which is a Soviet-era ally and arms dealer to Syria, nor China is participating in the Tunisia meeting. Both countries vetoed the U.N. resolution.
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