The U.S. has accelerated efforts to gather informants in Syria’s north and east. Ahmad Jaber, a former top ranking Syrian intelligence official, spoke exclusively to Yeni Şafak daily, noting that in the past two years, over 3,000 informants were given duties in al-Hasaka, Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, Manbij, Kobani and Tel Abyad.
Jaber said that the U.S. uses aid organizations and churches to conduct these activities, and that CIA officials who travel to the region as health officials, education volunteers, city planners, religious officials and so forth are accompanied by over 70 Mossad agents.
“Over 10 Western agents who came to the region with the aim of infiltrating Turkey were killed in the Turkish army’s latest bombardment of the Qandil area and border. They attribute importance to Afrin, Idlib, Jarabulus, al-Bab and Azaz. Agents are placed among civilians who flee from the PKK. Furthermore, individuals and families against the opposition are identified by Assad’s intelligence and included in this network. They conduct these activities under the guise of being ‘volunteers’ and ‘reporters.’ All the attacks carried out by the PKK-U.S. in Idlib, Afrin and the Euphrates Shield area are conducted as a result of the information and logistical support provided by these informants,” Jaber said.
“The U.S. and Israel are leaders in efforts to gather informants in the region. France, Denmark, Britain, Canada and the Netherlands are also active. Many of the Western foreign fighters brought to the region to allegedly fight against Daesh were actually intelligence members of foreign countries. They formed certain connections on the field and many still have not cut these ties. Among these informants, over 200 are Westerners who have wed local women. Regardless of various periodical changes, there are approximately 10,000 agents in Syria and Iraq,” Jaber added.
Osama Muslim, a Kobani local who spoke to Yeni Şafak, said PKK controlled areas al-Hasaka, Tel Abyad, Rasool Ayn, Qamishli and Manbij were brimming with foreign agents. Muslim said those employed by Western education institutions and churches in these areas were all intelligence officials.
