` ` All the necessary materiel '' will be provided to the opposition , the group says . ` ` Each side makes its own decision , '' Defense Secretary John Kerry said . The alleged use of chemical weapons , which President Bashar al-Assad has denied , and the involvement of Hezbollah and Iran left the participants no choice `` but to provide greater assistance of one kind or another , each nation making its own decision as to what it is comfortable doing , but all of them committing to do more to help the Syrian opposition , '' U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters . Kerry vows to boost the opposition 's military ` ` to directly address the situation on the ground '' Syrian government forces have been outgunned .
` ` All the necessary materiel '' will be provided to the opposition , the group says . ` ` Each side makes its own decision , '' Defense Secretary John Kerry said . Kerry vows to boost the opposition 's military ` ` to directly address the situation on the ground '' Syrian government forces have been outgunned .