Syria accuses US of supporting ‘terrorists’

Syria is “genuinely worried” some countries might equip extremist groups with chemical weapons and then claim they were used by the Syrian government, the country’s UN envoy said in a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council.

Bashar Ja’afari, Syria’s UN ambassador, also accused the US government of supporting “terrorists” in Syria and waging a campaign that claims Syria could use chemical weapons in the 20-month-old civil war that has killed at least 40,000 people.

The US says it is sending only humanitarian aid and non-lethal assistance to Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s opponents, but acknowledges some allies are arming the rebels.