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March 5, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=28702

Turkey Foils Plot to Kidnap Free Syrian Army Commander

(Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Turkey has foiled a plot to kidnap Free Syrian Army (FSA) commander Col. Riad al-Asaad and other senior Syrian opposition military figures from FSA headquarters in southern Turkey. The FSA also revealed that it had captured a double agent who had joined the FSA but who was in reality spying for the Damascus regime. Turkish sources revealed that a number of Turkish nationals were involved in the kidnap attempt, and that 2 Syrians and 5 Turks were apprehended. The Turkish Sabah newspaper also revealed that Turkish military intelligence had arrested a Syrian woman and a Turkish man who were collecting the names of FSA officers present at the camp.

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