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Can supplying weapons lead to peace?

The European Union is to end its arms embargo on the Syrian opposition. Does countries supplying arms help end, or merely inflame, conflicts?

The European Union is to end its arms embargo on the Syrian opposition. Russia says it will supply Syrian government forces with more weapons to restrain what one Russian minister called hotheads from involving external forces in the conflict. We discuss if countries supplying arms help end, or merely inflame, conflicts.

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Tue 28 May 2013 17:06GMT

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