Reports also said that French intelligence agents have been sent to northern Lebanon and Turkey to build the first contingents of the Free Syrian Army out of the deserters who have fled Syria.ĪSAD’S ARMED OPPOSITION: THE FREE SYRIAN ARMY The report comes as an earlier report had revealed that the British and French intelligence agencies have reportedly tasked their agents with contacting Syrian dissidents based in the northern Lebanese town of Tripoli in order to help fuel unrest in Syria. The Turkish daily said that the three have informed the US about training and arming the Syrian opposition.Īccording to Milliyet, a group of armed rebels are currently stationed in Turkey’s Hatay Province near the border with Syria. The report added that the French, British, and Turkish authorities “have reached an agreement to send arms into Syria.” Turkey has slapped sanctions on Syria and floated the idea of a cross-border military operation, shortly after the Arab League imposed its own sanctions on the Syrian regime.Īccording to Milliyet, as cited by IRNA, France has sent its military training forces to Turkey and Lebanon to coach the so-called Free Syrian Army - a group of defectors operating out of Turkey and Lebanon - in an effort to wage war against Syria’s military.
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