New reports have spotlighted the role of the West, Israel and some Middle Eastern countries in fanning the flames of the bloody unrest in Syria.

According Syrian sources, Israeli airplanes are smuggling weapons into Iraq's Kurdistan region, which are then smuggled into Syria with financial assistance from Qatar.

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani has facilitated the operations of illegal Israeli firms in the region.

The Syrian sources also revealed that Washington has trained 400 al-Qaeda militants in European countries. They are then reportedly transferred to Syria to carry out acts of violence.

Meanwhile, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin has lashed out at Saudi Arabia and Qatar for funding and supplying weapons to armed Syrian opposition groups.

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