UK to send armored vehicles to Syria

The UK is to provide armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria “to help save lives”, BBC News reported, citing Foreign Secretary William Hague.It will offer millions of pounds in “non-lethal” equipment, including search and rescue, communications, and disease-prevention materials.Hague has said it was a “necessary, proportionate and lawful” response to “extreme human suffering”.But some MPs have said they feared being drawn into a military intervention.Up to 70,000 people have been killed and a million refugees have fled since the crisis began two years ago.The latest UN figures show that two million have been internally displaced, while 400,000 have fled abroad since the start of the year, with the largest number seeking shelter in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.   Read more... (129 words)

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