Rebels in Syria may have received help from Ukraine to topple Assad regime: intelligence agencies have yet to comment
Kyiv • UNN
According to The Washington Post, Ukrainian intelligence provided Syrian rebels with about 150 drones and 20 operators. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels captured Damascus, and Assad fled to Russia.
The Syrian rebel group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, which overthrew Bashar al-Assad's regime, may have received some military assistance from Ukraine.
This was reported by The Washington Post, according to UNN .
Details
The Syrian rebels who took power in Damascus last weekend received drones and other support from Ukrainian intelligence officers in an effort to undermine Russia and its Syrian allies
It is noted that for 4-5 weeks, Ukrainian intelligence has sent about 20 experienced drone operators and about 150 unmanned aerial vehicles to the rebel headquarters in Idlib, Syria, to help Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
Western intelligence sources believe that Ukraine's assistance played only a modest role in the overthrow of Assad, but that Ukraine's efforts were noteworthy for dealing a covert blow to Russian operations in the Middle East, Africa, and Russia itself.
Ukraine's motivation is obvious: faced with a Russian offensive in its own country, Ukrainian intelligence was looking for other fronts
UNN's sources in the Ukrainian intelligence service have so far refused to comment on the GUR's involvement in the overthrow of the Assad regime.
Recall
Syrian rebels, who have made significant progress in their offensive since last week, announced the capture of the capital Damascus on December 8 and announced the fall of ruler Bashar al-Assad. Assad himself fled to Russia.
Mohamed al-Bashir has been appointed acting prime minister of Syria for the transitional government until March.
