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U.S. Moves to Aid Syrian Opposition
(Foreign Policy) Josh Rogin - The Obama administration is moving to provide direct assistance to the internal opposition in Syria for the first time, marking a shift in U.S. policy toward a more aggressive plan to help oust President Bashar al-Assad. Last week, senior Obama administration officials finalized a package of options for aiding both the internal and external Syrian opposition, to include providing direct humanitarian and communications assistance to the Syrian opposition, two administration officials confirmed. The new strategy is to provide Syrian activists with the means to organize themselves, but stops short of providing any direct military assistance to the armed opposition.