Saudi Arabia has accused the Syrian regime of waging "genocide" against the Syrian people and criticized Iran and Hezbollah for backing and arming the regime.

Speaking at a news conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jeddah, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal Saud has said Syria is facing a "double-edged attack".

"(It) is facing a massive flow of weapons to aid and abet that invasion and that genocide. This must end." he said.
Prince Saud also attacked Iranian involvement in the war-torn country and described Tehran's backing foreign militias as "the most dangerous development".

He also repeated Saudi Arabia's call for the opposition to be armed.

At a meeting in the Qataris capital, Doha, on Saturday, ministers from 11 nations in the "Friends of Syria" group agreed "to provide urgently all the necessary material and equipment to the opposition on the ground".

More than 93,000 people have been killed in Syria since peaceful protests erupted in March 2011. Assad's violent response helped provoke what is now a civil war that has driven nearly 1.7 million refugees into neighboring countries.

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, center, walks toward the plane of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry upon his arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 25, 2013.

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