INTELLIGENCE SYRIA

MESOP 28.6.2013 – According to U.S. officials and diplomats, the CIA has begun moving weapons for delivery to Syrian opposition fighters within a month. The weapons, suspected to be light arms and possibly anti-tank missiles, are being moved to Jordan from a network of secret warehouses. They will be supplied to small groups of vetted and trained Syrian rebels. The supplies are to be coordinated with a “parallel push” by European and Arab states to provide training and weapons deliveries.

Meanwhile, a team of U.N. inspectors that has been blocked from Syria has arrived in Turkey toinvestigate alleged chemical weaponsuse in the war. From Turkey, the investigators will not be able to gather soil samples or other scientific evidence of chemical weapons use, but will be able to conduct interviews and collect blood samples from possible witnesses or victims of attacks.