Friends of Syria pledge cash
The Friends of Syria meeting ended in Turkey with the international community pledging millions of dollars of aid for the Syrian rebels.
UK to double non-lethal help for Syrian resistance
Britain has announced a doubling of non-lethal help for the Syrian resistance, a tactic already adopted by the US and one that Turkey has said it will match. Some Gulf Arab nations said more backing should be given to the Syrian Free Army to protect civilians from Assad's crackdown on the revolt.
Hague said that participants in the Istanbul meeting were discussing what form financing for the opposition should take, adding it was undecided whether it would be a "trust fund", as suggested by some governments.
The British minister noted the efforts by the opposition Syrian National Council to become a more open and inclusive group, saying it had "done better in recent days".
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