Attempting to circumvent al-Qaida’s increased influence in a potential post-President Bashar Assad Syria, the CIA has begun to trickle intelligence information to select rebel fighters, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing US officials.

At the moment only limited intelligence is being passed along as it is unclear at this point which rebel groups can be trusted by the CIA, according to the officials…

Beyond the sharing of information, the CIA has been working with Jordanian, French and British intelligence services to provide training for several types of weapons.

There has been rising pressure on Obama from forces within the US government calling for an increase in US involvement, as Michigan Democrat Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin sent a letter to Obama urging him to take “more active steps to stop the killing in Syria and force Bashar Assad to give up power.”