The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 20, 2012 Saudia Arabia Begins Aid to Syria Rebels ----------------------------------------- Saudi Arabia has reportedly begun delivering military equipment to arm the Free Syrian Army in its fight against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. The announcement comes just days after the Saudi kingdom said it had shut down its embassy in Syria and withdrawn all its staff. .