Damascus: An intelligence report
has said that Britain and Qatar were providing logistic support to
armed groups in the Syrian city of Homs in their bloody battle against
the Syrian army forces.
Israeli web portal Debkafile reported
the alleged presence of Qatari and British troops in Syria. The report
further said that the forces supplied ammunition and direct tactical
support to the armed groups in Homs to prepare the ground for a covert
Turkish military operation in Syria.
Secret Intelligence Service MI6, which
collected Britain’s foreign intelligence, has also set up four bases in
Homs to facilitate Turkey’s secret military operations in the Arab
state.
While Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani made a proposal
in January to deploy troops in Syria, Britain insists that it does not
seek military action against the Syrian government.
Britain’s presence in Syria is a highly
debated parliamentary issue in that country as the British government
will have to bear another heavy burden of war if it carries out a
Libya-style military operation in Syria.
Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, has been a leading focus of unrest
in the 11-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. And
over Hundreds have reportedly died since last week.
The Syrian government has repeatedly
accused several Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, of
fueling the unrest in the country by providing armed gangs with weapons
and financial resources to incite civil war and topple the government of
President Bashar al-Asad.
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