EU lifts arms embargo on Syrian opposition

By IANS/RIA Novosti,

Brussels : The EU scraped the arms embargo on the Syrian opposition but extended sanctions against the Syrian government after June 1, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.

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Hague spoke late Monday after a day-long meeting of the 27 EU foreign ministers in Brussels that reportedly failed to block Britain and France’s push toward supplying Syrian rebels with weapons.