Rome meeting to condemn supply of weapons to Assad government - source

ROME (Reuters) - A meeting in Rome between Western and Arab governments and the Syrian opposition will condemn countries providing weapons to the Bashar al-Assad government in its final declaration, a source at the meeting said on Thursday.

The source told Reuters the meeting of the "Friends of Syria" diplomatic group with the main civilian opposition organisation in Syria would also condemn the use of Scud missiles by Assad. The Syrian government denies it is using the ballistic missiles.