Political Update: U.S. Secretary of State Announces Non-Lethal Aid to Free Syrian Army
February 28, 2013![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/FSA_fighter_prepares_to_shot_RPG_2.jpg?itok=0a7JO2jE)
Following the February 28 Friends of Syria meeting, Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced that the U.S. will provide non-lethal aid, including food and medicine, to Syrian rebel fighters under the auspices of the Supreme Military Command of the Free Syrian Army.