McCain welcomes the decision of arming Syrian rebels are demanding Obama to impose a no-fly

McCain welcomes the decision of arming Syrian rebels are demanding Obama to impose a no-fly
Friday - June 14 --2,013 - 9:35 GMT Damascus

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Welcomed the U.S. Republican Senator John McCain in force Thursday President Barack Obama's decision to increase military support for the Syrian opposition fighters, but again called for the imposition of no-fly zone in Syria and to provide the opponents of Bashar al-Assad with heavy weapons, anti-aircraft and armor.

McCain said, "The time for taking action is weak.'s Time to move decisively. We need heavy weapons capable of hitting tanks, and we need to ground missiles - Joe."

"The only thing capable of changing the equation on the battlefield is the destruction of air capacity (to the Syrian regime) and the establishment of a safe zone" by imposing a no-fly where.

For months, McCain calls for President Obama to provide the opposition with a weapon and qualitative capacity to paralyze air Assad's forces.

Republican Senator stressed that the destruction of the Syrian air defenses does not require military intervention as a ground that cruise missiles phones able to accomplish this task remotely.

Like McCain welcomed by many members of Congress, Republicans, Obama's decision.

Said Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the Intelligence Committee in the House of Representatives that "the United States should help the Turks and our partners in the Arab League to establish safe areas in Syria, where the United States can and allies to train and Islhawwa and equip forces selected from the opposition."

In turn, said Republican Rep. Ed Royce Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, "I support the president's decision to increase aid" to the Syrian opposition fighters, adding, "I urge the administration to start seriously arming the Free Syrian Army."

For his part, said a spokesman for Republican House Speaker John Boehner said that "the time has come to stop the bloodbath perpetrated by the Assad regime in Syria," the spokesman added, "at a time when President Obama is considering his options, we hope to consult with Congress before any move."

The U.S. officials revealed that U.S. President Barack Obama allowed for the first time since the start of the Syrian crisis to provide the Syrian opposition with small arms and ammunition, after the United States confirmed that the use of the Syrian regime's chemical weapons.

The media quoted U.S. officials, who requested anonymity, as saying that Obama gave permission to send weapons to the Syrian Supreme Military Council.

They pointed out that, for the first time since the start of the crisis in Syria, the Syrian opposition will receive a U.S. small arms and ammunition.

The officials said that the assistance to the opposition, which is coordinated by the Central Intelligence Agency, "CIA", does not currently include sending anti-tank weapons, and is not discuss the issue of providing the fighters with weapons, anti-aircraft, which have said they need it.

He was deputy national security adviser for strategic affairs, American Ben Rhodes announced that the United States has decided to strengthen its military support for the opposition in Syria.

He said that America aims to respond to the needs of the Syrian opposition, including the Supreme Military Council.

He explained that this decision was made based on the evaluation of the use of chemical weapons, and will be implemented in consultation and cooperation with several countries, including Jordan has and Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Britain, France and others.

The White House announced his certainty after conducting an in-depth intelligence assessment that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons, caused the deaths of between 100 and 150 so far Syria.

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