US President Barack Obama and members of the administration, state governments tried to transfer the Syrian “moderate” opposition weapons. It was about heavy weapons, able to resist the Russian aircraft, reports the Washington Post.
According to the us publication at a recent meeting of Obama and his team of national security discussed the possibility of transferring the CIA supported armed groups of various heavy weapons to defend itself from “Russian aggression” in Syria. However, this plan remained in limbo, as among the members of the American government “have strengthened the doubts” about the possibility of arms supplies to the opposition.
U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry has strongly opposed the extension of military support to the opposition, expressing concerns that the weapons could lead to the death of the Russian military. Another member of the administration of the President of the United States also recognized that “it is impossible to pretend that You go to war with Assad and do not fight with Moscow.”