{"id":11588,"date":"2026-03-06T19:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=11588"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:21:04","slug":"turkey-asks-mi6-to-protect-syrian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/turkey-asks-mi6-to-protect-syrian-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey asks MI6 to increase protection of Syrian president"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ankara turns to MI6 over threat to Syrian leader<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"670\">Turkey appeals to British intelligence <strong data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"466\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">MI6<\/span><\/span><\/strong> with a request to increase the protection of the president <strong data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"547\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ahmed al-Sharaa<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, reports <em><strong data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"601\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Reuters<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"913\">Al-Sharaa is a key figure in the new Syrian government formed after the ouster of the long-time president <strong data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"824\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Bashar al-Assad<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, and its support is important for the stabilisation of the country.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"964\">The threat of the Islamic State and assassination attempts<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"1183\">According to sources, activity in Syria has increased <strong data-start=\"1012\" data-end=\"1036\">\u00abIslamic State\u00bb<\/strong>, which considers al-Shara'a its main enemy and allegedly prepared several assassination attempts on him and members of his government.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1185\" data-end=\"1383\">Representatives of the Turkish intelligence services contacted MI6 after one of these incidents, although it is not yet clear what role British intelligence can play.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1385\" data-end=\"1431\">Discussion of the involvement of British intelligence officers<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1693\">According to sources, on 26 February, talks in Damascus discussed MI6's possible involvement in protecting al-Sharaa, but no decisions have been made on the deployment of British personnel in the Syrian capital due to high risks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1695\" data-end=\"1885\">Ankara, London, and Washington are closely exchanging intelligence information, but the participation of British intelligence services in the mission is still a 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