Arab nations and the US pledged to assist the Syrian rebels on Sunday, agreeing to send $100 million in financial assistance and communications equipment respectively. Communications equipment, classes as non-military aid, is hoped to help the rebels to organise and evade Syria's military regime, and compliments a decision by other countries, such as UK, to increase aid.
Addressing delegates at a conference held Sunday, US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton said,
“The world must judge Assad by what he does, not by what he says,”
“And we cannot sit back and wait any longer.”
States present at the conference agreed to set up a "working group" to monitor countries that continue to provide military or other assistances to the Assad regime.
One US official reportedly said,
"[The working group is] to basically name and shame those entities, individuals, countries, who are evading the sanctions,”
