--- description: Claim to have received hundred of thousands of dollars from the U.S. after negotiations with President Bashar Assad broke down title: U.S. Increases Funding of Syrian Rebels image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte33cdc3b52e30455/698681f513c79f60c5190a3d/free-syrian-army-ipad-damascas.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Syria](/tag/syria/) ## Syria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Syrian Rebels: U.S. Cash Boost After Failed Geneva Talks by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 6, 2014 9:57 AM CUT  A rebel fighter, who belongs to the Free Syrian Army, uses an iPad during preparations to fire a homemade mortar at a battlefront in Damascus on Sept. 15, 2013 A rebel fighter, who belongs to the Free Syrian Army, uses an iPad during preparations to fire a homemade mortar at a battlefront in Damascus on Sept. 15, 2013Mohamed Abdullah / Reuters by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 6, 2014 9:57 AM CUT Syrian rebels claim to have received enhanced funding from the U.S. in the wake of failed peace talks with President Bashar Assad’s administration in Geneva. As soon as the negotiations ended — with no breakthroughs and uncertainty as to whether Assad will commit to the next round — rebels claim to have received a cash boast from Washington, reports[ _The National_](http://www.thenational.ae/world/syria/cash-boost-for-syrian-rebels-to-pressure-assad "undefined"). Syrian rebel commanders in Jordan reportedly received hundreds of thousands of dollars from U.S. officials when talks ended last weekend — cash they used to launch a new military campaign in their homeland’s south. \[[The National](http://www.thenational.ae/world/syria/cash-boost-for-syrian-rebels-to-pressure-assad "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4925/syrian-rebels-u-s-cash-boost-after-failed-geneva-talks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4925/syrian-rebels-u-s-cash-boost-after-failed-geneva-talks/"},"headline":"Syrian Rebels: U.S. Cash Boost After Failed Geneva Talks","datePublished":"2014-02-06T09:57:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:19:00.712Z","description":"Claim to have received hundred of thousands of dollars from the U.S. after negotiations with President Bashar Assad broke down","url":"https://time.com/4925/syrian-rebels-u-s-cash-boost-after-failed-geneva-talks/","keywords":["Syria","Civil War"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte33cdc3b52e30455/698681f513c79f60c5190a3d/free-syrian-army-ipad-damascas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte33cdc3b52e30455/698681f513c79f60c5190a3d/free-syrian-army-ipad-damascas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A rebel fighter, who belongs to the Free Syrian Army, uses an iPad during preparations to fire a homemade mortar at a battlefront in Damascus on Sept. 15, 2013","caption":"A rebel fighter, who belongs to the Free Syrian Army, uses an iPad during preparations to fire a homemade mortar at a battlefront in Damascus on Sept. 15, 2013","creditText":"Mohamed Abdullah / Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/syria/","name":"Syria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4925/syrian-rebels-u-s-cash-boost-after-failed-geneva-talks/","name":"Syrian Rebels: U.S. Cash Boost After Failed Geneva Talks"}}]}] ```