EU countries are legally free to ship arms to Syria from 1 June in an ugly compromise after 14 hours of talks in Brussels.
The deal is to see all other sanctions - including visa bans, asset freezes and a prohibition on buying oil from regime-linked firms - extended for one year.
It comes with a political declaration that nobody will deliver weapons "at this stage."
It also comes with a promise to send arms "for the protection of civilians" only.
But it does not hide...
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