U.S. convinced Russia to stop sending arms shipments to Syria: Obama adviser

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The U.S. administration has managed to convince Russia to stop sending some arms shipments to the Syrian regime, including helicopters that were repaired and were in the process of being sent back to Damascus, an adviser for the campaign of President Barack Obama said.

Michelle Flournoy, who was the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy up until February, defended the Obama administration’s position of not arming the Syrian rebels at a foreign policy debate organized by the Brookings Institution.

“We have had some significant success in preventing Russia from resupplying and rearming the Syrian military. If we were to launch a major American weapons supply program to the opposition, we would lose a lot of leverage with Russia and it could basically open the floodgate for Russia to resupply the Syrian military in full and that would be pouring fuel on the flames on what is looking like an increasingly deadly conflict,” Flournoy said.

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