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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