Russia Confirms British and Qatari Presence in Syria
Moscow, Feb 10 (Prensa Latina) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov confirmed on Friday the presence of British and Qatari commandos in Syria, whose government faces violent actions by armed groups.
Bogdanov's statements came after an Israeli online newspaper admitted such a possibility on Thursday, Itar-Tass reported.
Itar-Tass also referred to the creation of four special operations centers in the troubled region of Homs to facilitate raids by mercenary groups from neighboring Turkey.
According to the state televisiĆ³n channel Rossiya-1, British troops avoid direct participation in combats, but they are responsible for guaranteeing arms supply to armed groups that the government calls terrorists.
The supplies are moved by the commandos from Turkish territory, according to the Israeli online newspaper Debka-file.
Bagdanov also said that he hopes that part of Syrian opposition, interested in a peaceful solution to the internal conflict in the country, will condemn the twin bomb attacks in the city of Aleppo, where 28 people were killed and 235 were wounded.
The Duma (Russian lower house) approved a resolution that calls on all parties in the dispute to immediately lay down their weapons, and advocated to avoid repeating the Libyan scenario.
In March 2011, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) began bombing Libya under the pretext of protecting the people, and created a no-fly zone, but seven month of NATO attacks resulted in hundreds of civilians killed.
The Russian parliament's resolution also proposes sending lawmakers as observers to Syria, where the Arab League suspended the work of its mission in that Middle Eastern nation.
A statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry called to renew the mission of observers, which in addition to verifying the situation on site, is a restraining factor in the Syrian dispute.
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