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Syrian President targeted by ISIS, assisted by Turkish and British secret services

2026-03-06 17:56:54Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Ahmed al-Sharaa

Turkey's intelligence agency asked its British counterpart MI6 last month to take a bigger role in protecting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa after several recent assassination plots. The request highlights efforts by foreign allies to stabilize a country still reeling from 15 months of violence following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, while the US-Israeli war against Iran is roiling the region.

These allies see Sharaa as key to preventing a return to civil war, after 14 years of conflict that forced millions of refugees out of the country and allowed the Islamic State to control large parts of Syria.

The militants last month stepped up attacks on military and security personnel across Syria and declared Sharaa, a former rebel, as their "number one enemy."

Turkey, Britain and the United States last year lent support to Sharaa in his bid to reunify and rebuild his country of 26 million people. London and Washington have lifted most sanctions on Syria and on Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), the Islamist group he once led.

A Turkish source said that MIT, which has played a key role in helping the new government to take power, had turned to MI6 for more support after such an incident last month. A senior Syrian security source said the request came after a “high-risk assassination”, adding that MIT, MI6 and Syrian authorities regularly share intelligence.

Another Western intelligence source said Turkey may want to bring a Western presence to Damascus to create a kind of buffer between Turkey's and Israel's agencies, which are currently at odds.

Last year, according to the UN Counter-Terrorism Office, Ahmed al-Sharaa and two senior cabinet ministers were targeted in five failed assassination attempts. Describing Sharaa as a “guardian” of the global coalition against the Islamic State, the group carried out six attacks on Syrian authorities last month in what it called a “new phase.”

On Thursday, Damascus publicly acknowledged for the first time that it coordinates with MIT, saying they had collaborated to thwart an ISIS attack on the capital.

Turkish security sources said MIT had identified a three-person team preparing for remote bomb attacks, enabling Syrian counterparts to prevent an "imminent attack".

A US diplomat briefed on the matter said the MIT request to MI6 was prompted by the resurgence of ISIS activity. The Western intelligence source said the two agencies could intensify joint planning and technical operations, but no decision has yet been made on whether to send British personnel to Damascus.

Sharaa was an Al Qaeda commander in Syria under the Nusra Front, before breaking ties with the group in 2016. He then led a coalition of Islamist rebel factions in late 2024 to overthrow Assad.


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