More broadly, increases in the supply of weapons funneled to rebel forces by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and others have correlated with surges in the civilian death toll, suggesting that they cost more lives than they save – and with no evident strategic gains. The Assad regime, with its own external supporters, seems likely to have no difficulty matching any new hardware thrown at it.
更广地说，通过卡塔尔、沙特和其他渠道流向叛军的武器供应的增加与平民死亡人数暴增有关，这表明武器供应夺命比救命更厉害，而且没有带来任何明显的战略利益。巴沙尔政权及其本身的外部支持者似乎可以毫无困难地赶超对手获得的硬件设施。