France says too early to send arms to Syria rebels
French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that the situation in Syria was still too unsure to start supplying weapons to opposition rebels, an idea France backs in the longer term.
France and Britain are both pressing for the relaxation of an arms embargo on Syria so that arms can flow to outgunned rebels waging a two-year-old uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad. But Hollande said that before arms were delivered to Syria, guarantees were needed they would not fall into the hands of Islamist fighters. (Reuters)
