© AFP Photo / STR / Ahmed JadallahMembers of the Free Syrian Army patrol an area in Qusayr, 15 kms (nine miles) from Homs.
Syrian security forces got yet further proof of Western powers' military involvement in Syria's internal conflict, reports Al-Manar, a news agency, affiliated with Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group and political party.
Around 700 gunmen were recently arrested in the former rebel stronghold of Babar Amr.
"The captured gunmen held Arab nationalities, including Gulf, Iraqi, and Lebanese. Among them were also Qatari intelligence agents and non-Arab fighters from Afghanistan, Turkey, and some European countries like France," the agency quotes Syrian expert in strategic affairs Salim Harba as saying.
Harba also confirmed to the agency that "a coordination office was established in Qatar under American-Gulf sponsorship. The office includes American, French, and Gulf - specifically from Qatar and Saudi Arabia - intelligence agents, as well as CIA, Mossad, and Blackwater agents and members of the Syrian Transitional Council."
The Syrian expert also added the security forces have also seized Israeli-, European- and American-made weapons.
"The Syrian army also uncovered tunnels and equipments there," he told to the agency, "advanced Israeli, European, and American arms that have not yet been tested in the countries of manufacture, in addition to Israeli grenades, night binoculars, and communication systems were confiscated by the security forces."
Salim Harba however said the Syrian authorities are not planning to reveal all the obtained information now, but assured all the evidence is of high value.
"The Syrian security forces have documents and confessions that could harm everyone who conspired against Syria, and could make a security and political change, not just on the internal Syrian level, but also on the regional level," he said.
The recent Stratfor leak and hacked email of the company's director of analysis also suggest undercover NATO troops are already on the ground in Syria.
There have been previous allegations of a Western presence on the side of the rebels as 13 French officers were reportedly captured by the loyalist forces earlier in March.
President Bashar al-Assad has repeatedly claimed his regime is fighting not with peaceful protesters as claimed by the West, but with the military gangs supported by the West.
Western powers however have categorically denied any military involvement in Syrian internal conflict.
For the "Western powers" to categorically deny any military involvement anywhere that military activity is occurring should be seen as a fiction on the face of it.
Though I don't know that all players have actually categorically denied involvement, their statements make it seem like they don't know who the militants are. And that's a load of BS.
The Western Powers have done very little else for the past several hundred years than get militarily involved in non-Western places where they seek greater influence.
Is this modus operandi not clear at this point? It seems very clear to me.
The West's continued insistence on playing dumb about what is going on in these places is getting sickening.