The United States supports the European Union's (EU's) decision to ease an arms embargo on Syria as a show of "full support" for Syrian Opposition fighting President Bashar Al-Assad, the State Department said Tuesday. "While it is ultimately an EU decision, we do support the easing of the EU arms embargo as a part of the international community's efforts to demonstrate its full support for the Syrian opposition," State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters. Ventrell said that the action would give each EU member state flexibility to support the Syrian opposition as it sees fit. While the United States has so far provided only non-lethal aid to the Syrian opposition, Ventrell said, "This allows others to continue to accelerate that assistance to the opposition."
