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Article 3. Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia Is Arming the EFTA_R1_00230053 EFTA01842748 Syrian Opposition Jonathan Schanzer February 27, 2012 -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah scolded Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week for failing to coordinate with Arab states before vetoing a United Nations resol
penly calls for Assad's death. Other Sunni Gulf states, principally Qatar, may be contributing weapons. On Monday, Feb. 27, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said, "We should do whatever necessary to help [the Syrian opposition], including giving them weapons to defend themselves." The positions of othe
isn't as stable as like to think." Artick 3. Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia Is Arming the Syrian thnualihm Jonathan Schanzer February 27, 2012 -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah scolded Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week for failing to coordinate with Arab states before vetoing a United Nations resolu
openly calls for Assad's death. Other Sunni Gulf states, principally Qatar, may be contributing weapons. On Monday, Feb. 27, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said "We should do whatever necessary to help [the Syrian opposition], including giving them weapons to defend themselves." The positions of other
e the last U.S. soldiers depart in December 2011. With revolution sweeping across the Middle East, Washington abandoned President Mubarak of Egypt, Saudi Arabia's favorite non-royal leader in the region. Worried by the possibility of Iranian-sponsored insurrections among Shia in the Gulf states, the Saudis ar
gn Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said in February that arming the Syrian rebels was an "excellent idea." He was supported by Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, who said, "We should do whatever necessary to help [the Syrian opposition], including giving them weapons to defend themselves." The intervention
Entities connected to both Saudi Arabia and Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani

Barack Obama
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United States
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Riyadh
LOCATION
Bashar al-Assad
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Lebanon
LOCATION
Tehran
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Tunisia
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Sudan
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Cairo
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Hillary Clinton
PERSONKremlin
ORGANIZATION
Damascus
LOCATION
Morocco
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Somalia
LOCATION
European Parliament
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Ehud Barak
PERSONthe Gaza Strip
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
PERSON