"Flere end 120 medlemmer, tilhørende eliteregimentet er for øjeblikket i det krigsplagede land under dække og "klædt i sort og hejsende ISIS flagene," aktive i hvad der hedder Operation Shader - angribende syriske mål under påskud af at bekæmpe ISIS.
Måske er amerikanske specialstyrker og CIA elementer også under dække, involveret på samme måde. Under Obamas krig i Libyen, udsendte Storbritanien hundrede af Specialstyrker og faldskærmssoldater (SFSG) - rekrutteret fra SAS (Special Air Service) og SBS (Special Boat Service) personel.
Omkring 800 Royal Marines og 4,000 amerikanske modparter er på standby til at intervenere med kort varsel, hvis beordret.
Denne sidste afsløring kommer to uger efter at det er kommet frem at premierminister David Cameron sidste år gav grønt lys til at britiske kampfly tilslog sig de amerikanske kampfly i bombingen af Syrien, på trods af en forkastelse deraf af parlementet i August 2013.
I det mindste en del af denne forhåndendeværende hemmelige operation er under amerikansk kommando - såkaldte "smash" enheder rejser rundt i pickups og er istand til at sende minidroner ud for at skanne terrænet for angrebsmål.
Over 250 Britiske (og måske amerikanske) specialister er involveret i at yde kommunikationsbistand, forklarede Sunday Express.
Den britiske forsvarsminister Michael Fallon sagde "Vores aktioner og overvågningsevne frigører andre lande til at ramme Syrien."
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UK SAS forces are in Saudi Arabia training anti-Assad terrorists along with US operatives doing the same thing - including in Turkey, Jordan, Qatar and perhaps Israel.
Comment: Yep, fighting them in Syria while at the same time training and shipping them into the same country, makes sense.
US and UK claims about training so-called "moderate" rebels reflect smoke-screen cover for working directly with ISIS terrorists - trained, armed and funded abroad, funneled cross-border into Syria to fight Assad, now with US/UK and Canadian air support along with covert commandos on the ground.
The Express cited former British Army General David Richards saying "tanks will roll" as part of UK operations in Syria.
A separate article discussed US airstrikes defending ISIS terrorists serving as US foot soldiers against Assad.
The Wall Street Journal reported what appears ominously like prelude to Libya 2.0 - falsely claiming Obama authorized airstrikes against Syrian forces if they attack (nonexistent) US-supported "moderate" rebels.
Comment: The U.S. managed to find 60 so-called "moderates" that are supposed to fight both ISIS and the Syrian government. Nothing suspicious about the story and never mind that these "moderates" were recently captured by the al-Nusra Front after which the "moderates" released the following statement:
Following the capture of its commander and the other fighters, Division 30 issued a communique appealing to "our brothers" in the Al-Nusra-dominated "Support Front" to "release the colonel and his companions as quickly as possible, avoiding shedding the blood of Muslims and out of eagerness to maintain a united front."
Separately, Turkish media reported President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying Putin may have softened on Assad. (H)e may give up on" him.
Obama said he was "encouraged by the fact that Mr. Putin called him (in late June) and initiated the call to talk about Syria."
I think they get a sense that the Assad regime is losing a grip over greater and greater swaths of territory inside of Syria and that the prospects for a (jihadist) takeover or rout of the Syrian regime is not imminent but becomes a greater and greater threat by the day. That offers us an opportunity to have a serious conversation with them.Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said both leaders discussed combatting terrorism - especially the Islamic State.
"The Russian view is well-known," he explained. "(I)t was reiterated by (Putin) during (his) conversation" with Obama. It hasn't changed.
Putin opposes outside interference by any nations in the internal affairs of others. He supports the sovereign right of Syrians and other people to choose their own leaders and legislators.
Putin aide Yury Ushakov said "the current leadership of Syria is one of the real and effective forces confronting the Islamic State."
Comment: And yet the US wants to destroy this force while at the same time claiming that they want to stop ISIS.
Nothing indicates less Russian support for Assad.
Se [Link] "US Lieutenant General goes on record claiming rise of ISIS was 'a willful Washington decision'"