Russia sending Syria attack helicopters - Clinton

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Russia Tuesday of sending attack helicopters to Syria, saying Moscow is lying about its arms shipments.

"We are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from Russia to Syria, which will escalate the conflict quite dramatically," Clinton told a think-tank discussion in Washington.

"There's no doubt that the onslaught continues, the use of heavy artillery and the like. We have confronted the Russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to Syria," she told the discussion at the Brookings Institution.

"They have from time to time said that we shouldn't worry, that everything they're shipping is unrelated to their actions internally. That's patently untrue."

AFP

 

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The Independent newspaper reports the Syrian opposition is getting weapons from Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

 

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China 'greatly concerned' by 'critical' Syria situation

China said Wednesday the situation in Syria had reached a "critical juncture" and expressed its "great concern".

"China expresses its great concern over the development of the situation in Syria. We believe the situation in Syria is at a critical juncture," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told journalists.

"We hope parties in Syria can do everything they can to protect civilians."

 

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Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the US is sending weapons to the Syrian opposition to fight against the government.

 

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France calls for UN to enforce Annan plan

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says he will call on the UN Security Council to make mediator Kofi Annan's Syria peace plan mandatory.

He said France would propose that Mr Annan's six-point plan be enforced under the UN's chapter seven provision.

Mr Fabius told a news conference in Paris that the conflict in Syria had become a "civil war".

 

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UPDATE:

Russian government denies sending attack helicopters to Syria.