Israeli Special Forces Tracking Syria's WMD Stocks: Report -- Global Times/Xinhuanet
Israeli special forces are operating in Syria as spotters to monitor the stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, local media reported Sunday.
The cross-border operation is "part of a secret war" to trail Damascus' non-conventional armaments and "sabotage their development," Ynet News website quoted the Sunday Times as saying.
The report came amidst growing anxieties in the West that a " desperate" Bashar al-Assad, Syrian president, is gearing to use chemical weapons against opposition forces closing in on Damascus.
"For years we've known the exact location of Syria's chemical and biological munitions," an Israeli source told the Times, referring to the Jewish state's spy satellites, reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. "But in the past week we've got signs that munitions have been moved to new locations."
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Update #1: Israeli military units "are in Syria" -- Middle East Monitor
Update #2: Israel special forces in Syria, paper reports -- NOW Lebanon
My Comment: I am sure that Mossad is on the ground in Syria. But Israeli special forces .... hmmmm .... I wonder if these are the right people to conduct such a mission in Syria right now.
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