The United States is stepping up support for the Syrian rebels but, despite the failure of UN envoy Kofi Annan’s mission, is sticking to its refusal to pour arms into a complex conflict. “Our position has not changed: We provide non-lethal assistance to the opposition,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. The 17-month uprising against Assad has already cost more than 20,000 lives, many of them civilian, and raised fears that the embattled Syrian leader could unleash his arsenal of chemical weapons. The US administration is reluctant to become embroiled in another Middle Eastern war with November’s election looming.
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