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United States Recognizes Syrian Opposition as “Legitimate Representative of the Syrian People,” Will Provide Small Arms and Ammunition to Opposition Forces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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2 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0768, U.S. Government Assistance to Syria (June 19, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/06/210899.htm; see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 106 AJIL 643, 650, 652 (2012)Google Scholar.

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15 Anne Gearan & Karen De Young,U.S. Pledges Food and Medicine to Syrian Rebels, Wash.Post, Mar.1,2013, at A7.

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17 Karen DeYoung, U.S. to Expedite New Aid to Syrian Rebels, Wash. Post, Apr. 22, 2013, at A9.

18 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release 2013/0453, Secretary Kerry Announces Doubling of U.S. Non-lethal Assistance to the Syrian Opposition and New Humanitarian Aid for the Syrian Crisis (Apr. 20, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/04/207810.htm.

19 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0768, U.S. Government Assistance to Syria (June 19, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/06/210899.htm.