Russia Commanded Spy Operation Against Israeli Forces And Syria Rebels, Footage Shows
Recent footage uploaded by fighters from the Free Syrian Army after their capture of a Golan Heights base indicates deep Russian involvement in the espionage operations of President Bashar Assad's regime.
By Anshel Pfeffer | Oct. 7, 2014
Recent footage apparently taken of an intelligence base in the Syrian Golan Heights, uploaded by fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) after their capture of the base, indicates deep Russian involvement in the espionage operations of President Bashar Assad's regime.
The base in Tel Al-Hara, south of the Quneitra border crossing with Israel, was seized over the weekend by the FSA, after pitched battles that included a number of rebel groups, including the al-Qaida-aligned Nusra Front.
The footage shows that the base, used to carry out electronic surveillance of both rebels and of Israeli military forces, had been under Russian command.
The video posted by the FSA seems to be have been filmed in the office building of the base. It shows what appears to be a Syrian officer conducting a tour of the facility for the rebels, pointing at photographs, maps and captions on the walls, in Russian and Arabic. The symbols of Syrian intelligence and the 6th Directorate of Russian military intelligence (GRU) which deals with signal intelligence (SIGINT) are shown there side by side.
In the photographs, Russian and Syrian officers can be seen collecting and analyzing intelligence together. Further photographs captured Russian defense officials visiting the base, along with a list of current and previous commanders of the base, Russian officers with the rank of colonel.
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