What will access to US weapons mean for Syria’s military?

LONDON: For more than four decades, Syria was on a short US list of countries barred from buying American weapons. As of this week it is free to do so, at least on paper. As US troops were completing their withdrawal from Iraq, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was removing Syria from Washington’s list of countries subject to a comprehensive denial of licenses for US arms exports. This opens up a path for American companies to seek approval to sell so-called defense article