JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: The US top diplomat headed for talks with the Syrian opposition and its key backer Saudi Arabia on Friday after the White House asked lawmakers for $500 million to train and equip vetted rebels.
The move would mark a significant escalation of US involvement in the three-year-old civil war in Syria, which is now increasingly interlinked with a jihadist-led Sunni Arab insurgency in neighboring Iraq.
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