Syria’s foreign-sponsored opposition coalition has called on the Great Satan US to provide terrorists with direct military support ‘fast.’

Syria’s foreign-sponsored opposition coalition has called on the United States to provide anti-Damascus militants with direct military support ‘fast.’

The head of the so-called Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed Assi al-Jarba, said on Thursday, “The US commitment of military support to the Supreme Military Council is vital, but it needs to happen fast.”

He made the remarks during a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the US Mission to the United Nations in New York.

Jarba and three other senior figures of the opposition bloc are expected to hold an informal meeting with members of the UN Security Council later on Friday.

On June 14, US President Barack Obama ordered his administration to provide Takfiri militants in Syria with weapons, which include assault rifles, shoulder-fired rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles.

Earlier this month, US congressional panels agreed to the White House decision to supply arms to the extremist groups operating in Syria despite deep skepticism in the Congress over the plan.

Following the Thursday talks, Kerry described the meeting with Syria’s opposition leaders as “very very constructive.”

Commenting on the planned Geneva talks, the US secretary of state said the foreign-backed opposition group has agreed to work over the next few weeks to pinpoint their terms and conditions to take part in the forthcoming conference.

There are speculations that the next Geneva talks on the Syria crisis might be held September. The event, which was proposed by Russia and the US in May, will serve as a follow-up to an earlier Geneva meeting held in June 2012.

The unrest in Syria erupted in March 2011. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said more than 100,000 people have been killed in the country since the outbreak of the turmoil, up from the earlier estimate of 93,000.