Targeting Syria 's air defenses with Patriot missile batteries in Turkey as part of a `` no-fly '' response , NATO has said . NEW : U.S. through Pakistan to provide small arms , ammunition , sources say . Opposition says it could suffer crippling losses without support now . Note : No American ` ` ' on the ground '' ; No vote on any ` ` no - ground '' option . Rebel fighters include those with pro - al Qaeda sympathies .
NEW : U.S. through Pakistan to provide small arms , ammunition , sources say . Opposition says it could suffer crippling losses without support now . Note : No American ` ` ' on the ground '' ; No vote on any ` ` no - ground '' option . Rebel fighters include those with pro - al Qaeda sympathies .