Syria suggests US should have spent rebel training funds on aid
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Syria suggested on Tuesday that the United States could have spent $500 million tackling Syria's refugee and humanitarian crisis instead of on a largely failed program to train and equip moderate rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian United Nations Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari also accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of supporting "terrorism with great generosity" rather than a $2.9 billion UN humanitarian response plan that is less than 40 percent funded for 2015.
Under a $580 million program, Washington trained 180 rebels outside Syria then sent back to the battlefield. The Pentagon has said it would "pause" the program and instead give equipment and provide air support to vetted rebel group leaders.
