UK to set up camps inside Syria to help rebels

Britain is reportedly planning to set up refugee camps inside Syria where to help armed rebels fighting against the government. According to a report published in Daily Star, British Special Forces would set up camps along Syria’s borders with Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon and that Special Air Service (SAS) troops and MI6 agents will help the rebels if civil war breaks out in the country. They also have ­hi-tech satellite computers and radios that can instantly send back photos and details of events unfolding in Syria. "There are guys in the communications unit who are signalers that can go right up front and get ­involved in close-quarter fighting," Daily Star quoted a senior Whitehall source as saying. The British troops would be part of an international force ­including French and Turkish soldiers and possibly Americans. The camps are expected to be set up around areas that are easily ­accessible and even within walking distance of trouble spots. Among them is Krak des ­Chevaliers, a medieval castle about 25 miles west of Homs close to the Lebanon border, Al-Suwayda, near the border with Jordan and Jisr al-Shughour near the Turkish border. The British claim that Syrian forces would not dare to come that close to the border.