“NATO headquarters in Brussels and the Turkish high command [2011] are meanwhile drawing up plans for their first military step in Syria, which is to arm the rebels with weapons for combating the tanks and helicopters…
Also discussed in Brussels and Ankara, … is a campaign to enlist thousands of Muslim volunteers in Middle East countries and the Muslim world to fight alongside the Syrian rebels. The Turkish army would house these volunteers, train them and secure their passage into Syria.” (Israel’s Intel DEBKAfile, NATO to give rebels anti-tank weapons, August 14, 2011)
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