(Zaman al-Wasl)- Russian intelligence has been notably present in Qamishli north of Syria, local sources reported.
The sources revealed the number is estimated to be 100 between officers and individuals confirming the Russian intelligence coming was in conjunction with Russians installation of electronic stations to discover air targets, wiretapping and jamming in Qamishli airport beginning of 2016 amid big security aura.
The sources mentioned the Russian personnel’s number decreased in the airport since two months and it became clear they moved to settle in al-Vilaat area adjacent to the airport from the eastern side.
The Syrian Air Intelligence in coordination with the Russian intelligence rented a number of villas in the suburb adjacent to the airport and the villas were equipped for the intelligence staff residents to do their missions, the sources revealed.
The sources said the reason why Russian intelligence is present in that regime-controlled area in cooperation with Kurdish Democratic Union Party PYD is because of the Turkish Russian tension resulted from downing of Russian jet on November 25, 2015.
According to the sources, the Russians installed wireless stations in Qamishli without any air force presence in Qamishli shows the Russian support to PYD, the Syrian wing of PKK, classified as terrorist organization by the Turkish government.
The Russian intelligence presence is in line with the necessary Russian military presence in Syria especially in an area controlled by forces supported by the regime and the United States which developed al-Ramylan airport to be a base for American jets when necessary and some European countries like France and Germany which have deployed forces in Ayn al-Arab to obtain intelligence information related to Syria to protect the Russian military presence in Syria.
The sources revealed the number is estimated to be 100 between officers and individuals confirming the Russian intelligence coming was in conjunction with Russians installation of electronic stations to discover air targets, wiretapping and jamming in Qamishli airport beginning of 2016 amid big security aura.
The sources mentioned the Russian personnel’s number decreased in the airport since two months and it became clear they moved to settle in al-Vilaat area adjacent to the airport from the eastern side.
The Syrian Air Intelligence in coordination with the Russian intelligence rented a number of villas in the suburb adjacent to the airport and the villas were equipped for the intelligence staff residents to do their missions, the sources revealed.
The sources said the reason why Russian intelligence is present in that regime-controlled area in cooperation with Kurdish Democratic Union Party PYD is because of the Turkish Russian tension resulted from downing of Russian jet on November 25, 2015.
According to the sources, the Russians installed wireless stations in Qamishli without any air force presence in Qamishli shows the Russian support to PYD, the Syrian wing of PKK, classified as terrorist organization by the Turkish government.
The Russian intelligence presence is in line with the necessary Russian military presence in Syria especially in an area controlled by forces supported by the regime and the United States which developed al-Ramylan airport to be a base for American jets when necessary and some European countries like France and Germany which have deployed forces in Ayn al-Arab to obtain intelligence information related to Syria to protect the Russian military presence in Syria.
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