THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Western powers will turn down a Syrian request for military transport equipment to ship out chemical weapons material, saying the armoured trucks and other gear could be used to fight the revolt, diplomats told Reuters.
President Bashar al-Assad's administration presented what envoys from two Western governments called a "long shopping list" to fit out and protect road convoys from Damascus to the coast through the conflict zone. But, they said, the agency overseeing Syria's chemical disarmament would reject this on the grounds most items could aid Assad's army in the civil war.