Financial assistance worth $100 million for the American-backed opposition forces in Syria has been pledged by US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

He revealed the sum during yesterday’s (October 31) first plenary session of the 11th regional security summit, the Manama Dialogue 2015, titled ‘US Policy and Regional Security’ in Bahrain, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.

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