Asserting that the US will continue with its policy of providing non-lethal assistance to the Syrian opposition, the White House said that no policy change is being contemplated at this moment.

“It is still our policy that we are providing non-lethal assistance to the opposition. We are providing substantial humanitarian aid to the Syrian people,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Thursday.

He said that the US is working with its allies to put pressure on the Assad regime to bring about a future that the Syrian people deserve, and that would be a future without President Assad.

The White House, he said, is constantly reviewing every possible option that could help end the violence and accelerate a political transition.

“The options we have considered include whether the provision of lethal assistance to the opposition would hasten our goal,” he said.