ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to
continue supplying weapons and humanitarian aid to Syria in the
event of a U.S. strike and rejected U.S. and European
conclusions that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons
in the suburbs of Damascus.  "Will we continue to help Syria? We
will," Mr. Putin said after a 20-minute meeting with President
Barack Obama at a summit here of the Group of 20. "We're helping
them now. We are supplying arms, cooperating in the economic
sphere."  Russian leader Putin passes President Obama in St.
Petersburg Friday. Associated Press  Mr. Putin said he and Mr.
Obama came no closer to an agreement on Syria, and he blamed
Syrian rebels for the Aug. 21 chemical-weapons attack.  The
Russian leader, who has opposed a military strike in Syria and
served as one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's strongest
allies, said he had a "very meaningful, constructive and
friendly conversation" with Mr. Obama.  But at the end of it,
each stuck to his opinions. "I don