"The U.S. unveiled a package of non-lethal aid to the Syrian opposition, as the U.K. was expected to provide combat gear, in a new Western effort to support the fight against President Bashar al-Assad that Syrian rebels immediately blasted as insufficient," the Wall Street Journal reports (Solomon/Malas, 2/28). "U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that the Syrian opposition coalition was the 'legitimate voice of the Syrian people,' and for the first time will receive direct, non-lethal support from Washington," including food and medical supplies, the Associated Press/CBS News writes (2/28). "Kerry said the [additional] $60 million would strengthen the coalition's organizational capacity, and help war-torn communities with respect to sanitation, food delivery, public order, education and medical care," Agence France-Presse adds (2/28).