Guardian: Jordan Agreed Arming Opposition Groups through its borders with Syria

LONDON,(ST)_ The British ” the guardian” disclosed on Monday that   Jordan has agreed to spearhead a Saudi-led push to arm opposition groups through its borders into southern Syria, in a move that coincides with the transfer from Riyadh to Amman of more than $1bn (£650m).

The paper indicated that light and medium-sized weapons and funds have recently been sent across the Jordanian border to Syrian rebel groups vetted by the CIA, which has run a training programme inside Jordan since early 2012. Some of the weapons were sourced from Croatia over the past year by the Jordanian air force.

It continued that Jordan has historically received backing from wealthy patrons in the Gulf, as well as the US, noting that the Jordanian industry minister, Hatem al-Halawani, said at a recent conference in Qatar established to support the Syrian opposition that the amount transferred from Riyadh totalled $1.25bn.

While pledging al-Nusra Front of the new allegiance to Al-Qaeda leader “Ayman al-Zawahiri,” and this approached forces base in Syria with an Islamic state declared in Iraq, Jordanian government announced north of Jordan as a crisis, with more than 460.000 thousand refugees in addition to failure of the international community to provide assistance has pledge in advance worth $ 1.5 million. Step the newspaper see as addressed directly of arming the Syrian opposition at home, under the pretext of protection from the risk of the Muslim Brotherhood or al Qaeda.

T. Fateh