Hmmmm...look what I found:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20055271
This deserves a thread of it’s own, but I could not get my iPad to copy and paste right.
Headline:
Russia: Syrian Rebels Have US Made Weapons
This is part of the puzzle for sure.
Which raises the question if ME protests were sparked/inflamed to remove diplomats/foreign presence thereby allowing arms to walk.