Wednesday, February 8, 2012

British, Qatari Special Ops Forces Backing Rebels in Syria

The source, Debka, has been a mouthpiece for Israeli intelligence from time to time but they also have sources that won't talk to anyone else in the world. They break stories.
From Debka:
First foreign troops in Syria back Homs rebels. Damascus and Moscow at odds

British and Qatari special operations units are operating with rebel forces under cover in the Syrian city of Homs just 162 kilometers from Damascus, according to debkafile’s exclusive military and intelligence sources. The foreign troops are not engaged in direct combat with the Syrian forces bombarding different parts of Syria's third largest city of 1.2 million. They are tactical advisers, manage rebel communications lines and relay their requests for arms, ammo, fighters and logistical aid to outside suppliers, mostly in Turkey.

This site is the first to report the presence of foreign military forces in any of the Syrian uprising's embattled areas. 

Our sources report the two foreign contingencies have set up four centers of operation - in the northern Homs district of Khaldiya, Bab Amro in the east, and Bab Derib and Rastan in the north. Each district is home to about a quarter of a million people....MORE