AMMAN, Jordan -- President Barack Obama’s decision to arm Syrian rebels will deepen U.S. involvement in a regional proxy war increasingly taking on sectarian overtones of pitting Sunni Muslims against Shiite Muslims. “From now on, every suicide bombing in Damascus -- every war crime committed by the rebels -- will be regarded in the region as
US Mulls Its Options As Syria Conflict Threatens To Escalate Into Proxy War
It’s still unclear what the plan is after Obama announced that the U.S. will arm certain Syrian rebels fighting the Russia-backed Assad government.