U.S. Senator Offers Bill To Arm Syrian Rebels

[HuffingtonPost]

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez,  the chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations  Committee, introduced a bill on Monday that would provide  weapons to some vetted groups of Syrian rebels.                

Menendez, a Democrat, was one of a few senators pushing the  White House to provide for lethal aid to some of the rebels  fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad even  before reports that chemical weapons had been used in the  conflict.                

The bill would have to get through the committee and be  approved by both the Senate and House of Representatives, and  signed by President Barack Obama before becoming law.      (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Editing by  Alistair Bell and  Sandra Maler)

Via: HuffingtonPost