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Türkiye’s Directorate of Communications Disinformation Combat Center (DMM) said Friday that reports claiming Ankara asked the United Kingdom’s intelligence service to increase security for Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa are inaccurate.
The center said the claim, published earlier in the day by a foreign news agency, did not reflect reality and rejected suggestions that Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) had sought assistance from Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, to protect the Syrian leader.
In a written statement, the DMM said MIT continues to cooperate with both international intelligence partners and Syria’s security institutions on counterterrorism operations.
"MIT maintains effective cooperation in the field of counterterrorism both with the international intelligence community and with the security units of our neighbor Syria," the statement said.
It added that recent joint operations against the Daesh terrorist organization illustrate this coordination.
The claim followed a report citing unnamed sources who said Türkiye’s intelligence agency had asked MI6 to take a larger role in protecting Al-Sharaa after alleged assassination plots linked to the Daesh terrorist organization.
According to a Reuters report, the alleged request came after what sources described as a "high-risk assassination plot" targeting the Syrian president, amid concerns about increased militant activity and threats against senior Syrian officials.
Al-Sharaa and two cabinet members were reportedly targeted in five failed assassination attempts last year, according to data from the U.N. Office of Counter-Terrorism, while the militant group has also stepped up attacks on Syrian security forces in recent months.
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