UK's SAS officers taken or killed by Syrian army in eastern Ghouta ?

Bastian

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Hello.

This blogpost in French mentions that some SAS officers from (among others ?) the 22nd battalion of SAS (commandos) were either killed or taken by the Syrian army between Saqba and Douma, in the heart of eastern Ghouta in Syria.
_La fin de l’histoire, le roi est nu !

Strategika51 said:
(...) des pays tiers tentent une médiation entre la Fédération de Russie et la Grande-Bretagne pour tenter la libération de militaires britanniques capturés par l’Armée syrienne lors de l’opération de la Ghouta Orientale.

Après le Koweit et la Turquie, c’est le Sultanat d’Oman qui tente de négocier avec Damas la libération des officiers britanniques capturés avec les terroristes de la Ghouta orientale.

Il s’avère que des éléments du SAS britannique dont des officiers du 22e bataillon aient été tués avec des dizaines de terroristes entre Saqba et Douma, au coeur de la Ghouta orientale. Les survivants ont été capturés avec armes et bagages et se trouvent actuellement dans un endroit gardé secret.

I wasn't able to find another source with the same info, neither in French nor in English. So if you have one, please share it ! Thanks.

PS : another blogpost from the same blog (on April 11th) on the same subject :
_Damas confirme pour la première fois la capture de militaires britanniques à la Ghouta Orientale
 
Hello.

This blogpost in French mentions that some SAS officers from (among others ?) the 22nd battalion of SAS (commandos) were either killed or taken by the Syrian army between Saqba and Douma, in the heart of eastern Ghouta in Syria.
_La fin de l’histoire, le roi est nu !



I wasn't able to find another source with the same info, neither in French nor in English. So if you have one, please share it ! Thanks.

PS : another blogpost from the same blog (on April 11th) on the same subject :
_Damas confirme pour la première fois la capture de militaires britanniques à la Ghouta Orientale

Well, here is one I just found 4/12/2018 about British troops captured. does it matter if it is an SAS battalion?:

Syrian Army Captures British Militants in Eastern Ghouta – Reports
 
From a website called SMMS (Special Monitoring Mission to Syria) :

April 2, 2018 - SAA DETAINS BRITISH SAS OFFICERS IN EASTERN GHOUTA
SAA DETAINS BRITISH SAS OFFICERS IN EASTERN GHOUTA

The Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate units have reportedly arrested several British officers of Special Air Service in Jobar town.

A group of British intelligence officers were hiding in one of underground military facilities in Jobar town.

According to the source, they coordinated militants’ resistance against the Syrian army in the towns of Jobar and Zamalka. British officers provided security cover to the rebels shelling residential neighborhoods of Damascus city with 120-mm guns.

The reports claim two military liaison officers also were also detained. One of them is the US officer, another one is MOSSAD serviceman.
 
From a website called SMMS (Special Monitoring Mission to Syria) :

April 2, 2018 - SAA DETAINS BRITISH SAS OFFICERS IN EASTERN GHOUTA
SAA DETAINS BRITISH SAS OFFICERS IN EASTERN GHOUTA

The Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate units have reportedly arrested several British officers of Special Air Service in Jobar town.

A group of British intelligence officers were hiding in one of underground military facilities in Jobar town.

According to the source, they coordinated militants’ resistance against the Syrian army in the towns of Jobar and Zamalka. British officers provided security cover to the rebels shelling residential neighborhoods of Damascus city with 120-mm guns.

The reports claim two military liaison officers also were also detained. One of them is the US officer, another one is MOSSAD serviceman.

Just Tweeted this one, thanks angelburst29. And my apologies to you Bastian for not noticing that I used the same source you had already given which wasn't any help.
 
@goyacobol : no problem. And no, it doesn't matter that this "gentlemen" are from SAS, SBS, MI6 or whatever.

Lilou mentionned another source in the thread Russia begins operations in Syria :
_Farsnews

Fars News said:
TEHRAN (FNA)- A number of British military men were held captive by the Syrian army in Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, media reports disclosed on Wednesday, saying that they had infiltrated the region for the last month US plot to attack Damascus in collaboration with terrorists and NATO forces that failed.

The Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news channel's correspondent in Moscow reported that a number of British forces have been captured during the military operations in Eastern Ghouta.

Earlier reports had disclosed last month that foreign military forces were deployed in Eastern Ghouta of Damascus to launch a ground assault against Damascus in cooperation with the US.

The US and Israel planned to launch attacks on Damascus from several fronts in collaboration with the NATO and Jordan, but the plot failed after the Syrian army scored rapid, major victories in Eastern Ghouta.
Informed sources disclosed that the US and Israel intended to support the terrorists in Eastern Ghouta by airstrikes so that they could capture vast areas of Damascus to pave the ground for the Syrian government's collapse.

"After the plot was disclosed, the Syrian-Russian military commanders started operations in Eastern Ghouta to repel it," the sources said.
After the failure of the plot in March, the US and Turkey sought to rescue the foreign militants trapped in Eastern Ghouta of Damascus and take them to Idlib as they were facing the Syrian army's rapid advances in the region.

After the army's expanding march in Eastern Ghouta and failure of the US-Israeli plot to conduct an effective offensive on Damascus, the US command center rushed to evacuate allied militants and agents operating for Israel, Jordan and NATO from the region.
Informed sources then said although the Turkish officials said they were ready to help evacuation of al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) terrorists from Eastern Ghouta to take them to Idlib, this seemed to be a cover as they really meant to rescue their special foreign forces that were among the ranks of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra in Syria.

"Therefore, the US has ordered Jeish al-Islam, Faylaq al-Rahman and other terrorist groups to allow evacuation of civilians from Eastern Ghouta to army-held regions in a bid to provide the ground for these foreign agents to also leave Ghouta in disguise and enable the Turkish intelligence service to send them to specified regions in al-Tanf and Northern Syria which are under the control of the US troops," they said.

Yet, the US operations room in al-Tanf base ordered end of all operations by the aforementioned allied forces after the terrorists were defeated in Eastern Ghouta and the collapse of the two towns of al-Nashabiyeh and al-Mohammadiyeh on the first days of the Syrian army's offensives in Eastern Ghouta.

Also the US CENTCOM urged withdrawal of allied forces from Eastern Ghouta to Arabayn, Zamalka and Douma before dividing Ghouta into three areas to pave the ground for their withdrawal from Ghouta region.

Militants allied to the US troops in Eastern Syria had revealed in March that the US planned to stage the attack in a different region further to the East between the provinces of Homs and Deir Ezzur.
 
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