U.S. allies “could” arm terrorist groups in Syria if Russia continues to enable President Bashar Assad’s attacks on the rebels, according to the State Department, a decision that would make the civil war in that country “much worse.”

“That could happen, that’s a possible scenario,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters on Monday.

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