The intelligence services of some Western countries opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad have visited Damascus to discuss security cooperation with his government, Syrias deputy foreign minister confirmed in remarks broadcast on Wednesday. I will not specify [which countries] but many of them have visited Damascus, yes, the deputy minister, Faisal Mekdad, said in an interview with the BBC. Mekdads remarks followed a report in The Wall Street Journal claiming that European intelligence agencies have met covertly with Assad delegates to share information on European jihadists operating in Syria, in the first such meeting since withdrawing their ambassadors when the crisis began. The report indicated that a retired official from the British MI6 made a trip to Damascus over the summer, and that the French, German and Spanish intelligence agencies followed suit, making contact with regime officials in November and traveling to Syria from Lebanon to carry out their meeting.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:57:31 +0000
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