A group of expat Syrian businessmen announced in Qatar on Wednesday the creation of a $300 million fund to support the rebellion against President Bashar Assad.

Mustafa Sabbagh, chairman of the newly created Syrian Business Forum, said, according to AFP, “The businessmen of Syria... offer their full and clear support to the revolution against (Assad's) dictatorial regime.”

Businessman Khaled Khouja told a news conference the SBF would offer the rebel Free Syrian Army “medical equipment and technological materiel to facilitate its communications in Syria.”