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British Foreign Secretary William Hague, right, listens to Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, during the EU foreign ministers meeting, at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 27, 2013. The European Union nations remain divided on Monday whether to ease sanctions against Syria to allow for weapons shipments to rebels fighting the regime of Syria’s President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)


EU discusses arming Syria’s rebels

EU discusses arming Syria’s rebels

by | May 27, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Foreign Ministers of the EU member states will discuss lifting the arms embargo on Syria’s opposition today, though many governments have expressed doubts about the move. Both the UK and France are expected to push for the embargo to be...