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Lobbyists in Washington

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==Affilations==
In April 2012, [[Joe Lieberman]] and [[John McCain]] met with leaders of the [[Free Syrian Army]] during a visit to the Turkish-Syrian border.<ref>Josh Rogin, [http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/04/10/mccain_and_lieberman_meet_with_the_free_syria_army McCain and Lieberman meet with the Free Syria Army], The Cable, ''Foreign Policy'', 10 April 2012.</ref>

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 In 2012 supporters of the FSA set up a Washington outreach office to lobby Congress, the White House and relevant federal agencies 'to deliver arms and other military goods to help in the group's fight against Syrian [[President Bashar al-Assad]]'.
-Known as the [[Syrian Support Group]], it included co-founder [[Louay Sakka]], a Syrian-Canadian and Brian Sayers, full-time director of government relations and a former [[Nato]] political officer. <ref> Jay Solomon and Siobhan Gorman, [http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304458604577490912251836588 Rebel-Army Backers Open U.S. Office], Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2012 </ref>
+Known as the [[Syrian Support Group]], it included co-founder [[Louay Sakka]], a Syrian-Canadian and [[Brian Sayers]], full-time director of government relations and a former [[NATO]] political officer. <ref> Jay Solomon and Siobhan Gorman, [http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304458604577490912251836588 Rebel-Army Backers Open U.S. Office], Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2012 </ref>
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 In April 2012, US senators [[Joe Lieberman]] and [[John McCain]] met with leaders of the [[Free Syrian Army]] during a visit to the Turkish-Syrian border.<ref>Josh Rogin, [http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/04/10/mccain_and_lieberman_meet_with_the_free_syria_army McCain and Lieberman meet with the Free Syria Army], The Cable, ''Foreign Policy'', 10 April 2012.</ref>
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+==Lobbyists in Washington==
-In 2012 supporters of the FSA set up a Washington outreach office to lobby Congress, the White House and relevant federal agencies 'to deliver arms and other military goods to help in the group's fight against Syrian [[President Bashar al-Assad]].
+In 2012 supporters of the FSA set up a Washington outreach office to lobby Congress, the White House and relevant federal agencies 'to deliver arms and other military goods to help in the group's fight against Syrian [[President Bashar al-Assad]]'.
-The Syrian Support Group's included co-founder [[Louay Sakka]], a Syrian-Canadian and Brian Sayers, full-time director of government relations and a former [[Nato]] political officer. <ref> Jay Solomon and Siobhan Gorman, [http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304458604577490912251836588 Rebel-Army Backers Open U.S. Office], Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2012 </ref>
+Known as the [[Syrian Support Group]], it included co-founder [[Louay Sakka]], a Syrian-Canadian and Brian Sayers, full-time director of government relations and a former [[Nato]] political officer. <ref> Jay Solomon and Siobhan Gorman, [http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304458604577490912251836588 Rebel-Army Backers Open U.S. Office], Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2012 </ref>
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 :Its banner was soon adopted by armed groups that began appearing across the country. Despite this, the FSA's leaders had little or no operational control over what was happening on the ground in Syria. The opposition's Western and Gulf Arab backers sought to encourage a centralised rebel leadership and in December 2012 a number of brigades affiliated themselves to a newly-created Supreme Military Council (SMC). The SMC's chief-of-staff, Gen Idris, wants it to be a more moderate and stronger alternative to the jihadist rebel groups in Syria. <ref> [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24403003 Syria crisis: Guide to armed and political opposition], BBC News, December 2013, acc 6 March 2015 </ref>
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+==Meeting with US Senators==
 In April 2012, US senators [[Joe Lieberman]] and [[John McCain]] met with leaders of the [[Free Syrian Army]] during a visit to the Turkish-Syrian border.<ref>Josh Rogin, [http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/04/10/mccain_and_lieberman_meet_with_the_free_syria_army McCain and Lieberman meet with the Free Syria Army], The Cable, ''Foreign Policy'', 10 April 2012.</ref>
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