'Friends Of Syria' Vow To Boost Aid To Opposition Rebels

[Purveyor]

Latest update : 2014-05-15

Western and Arab nations vowed to boost humanitarian aid and support for Syria's "moderate opposition" rebels at a Friends of Syria meeting in London on Thursday.

A joint statement from the 11 countries at the London talks also criticised Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's plan to seek re-relection in a June 3 vote despite the country's raging civil war and international calls for him to step down.

The statement described the election as a "parody of democracy" and urged the international community to reject the results.

Assad's "staged elections are a farce, they're an insult; they are a fraud", US Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters after the talks.

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Humanitarian assistance is one thing.

But at this point, providing any more assistance to the "moderate rebels" to continue to prosecute their failed revolution is an exercise in cynicism that will only get more Syrians killed without accomplishing anything.