The United States has informed Syria that it is ready to supply the Arab state with weapons on condition that the weapons are not used offensively, it was officially reported today in Damascus, a Reuters dispatch from the Syrian capital said. (In Washington, the State Department refused to either confirm or deny the report.)
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