France studies how to track arms for Syrian rebels
France's government is investigating high-tech methods to prevent terrorists from using any weapons that Western governments send to Syrian rebels, such as gadgetry that tracks the movement of anti-aircraft missiles or shuts them down from a distance, officials say.
Such controls could be crucial to overcoming fears about arming the rebels – and to shifting the balance in Syria's civil war. A major fear of the US and its allies is that terrorists could get hold of any missiles delivered to the rebels and use them to target commercial planes. (AP)
