The United States warned
Iran to stop providing arms to al-Assad even as it announced millions
of dollars in non-lethal support for the opposition attempting to oust
the government.
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton called on Syria's neighbors to take steps to prevent
Iran from using their land and airspace to transport weapons to
al-Assad's forces.
Clinton's warning
followed an admission, according to Iranian
state-run media reports, by
the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard that its elite Quds Force
was operating inside Syria but not involved directly in military action.
Clinton announced the
United States was donating $15 million in non-lethal support to unarmed
Syrian opposition groups, bringing the total U.S. aid for the opposition
to nearly $45 million.
The latest donation
"translates into more than 1,100 sets of communications equipment,
including satellite-linked computers, telephones, and cameras, as well
as training for more than 1,000 activists, students, and independent
journalists," she said.
The United States also
is donating an additional $30 million in humanitarian assistance,
primarily in the form of food, water and medical supplies, Clinton said.
Culled: CNN
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