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<\/a>\u201cThe crisis is at its end\u201d is no longer a relieving statement made by some political analysts, as the crisis is really\u00a0close to\u00a0its end. Baba Amro is now under the control of the Syrian army\u2026 and so are the armed groups of which a big number\u00a0escaped to the Lebanese borders dubbing\u00a0their retreat \u201ctactical\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\nAround 700 Arab and Western gunmen surrendered in Baba Amro, well-informed sources told Al-Manar website, adding that \u201chuge and critical surprises will be uncovered in the coming few days\u2026 such as the kinds of arms seized, as well as the military tactics the armed groups followed, and the sides that supervised the operations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The sources further assured to the news website that the security operation in Homs will be over in a maximum of five to eight days.<\/span><\/p>\n For his part, Syrian expert in strategic affairs Salim Harba pointed out that Baba Amro neighborhood and the areas surrounding it were emptied from the armed groups\u2019 organizational as well as command structures with minimum army and civilian casualties, as the area was mainly concentrated by gunmen.<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking to Al-Manar website, Harba said that \u201cthe captured gunmen held Arab nationalities, including Gulf, Iraqi, and Lebanese\u2026 among them were also Qatari intelligence agents and non-Arab fighters from Afghanistan, Turkey, and some European countries like France.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Syrian army also uncovered tunnels and equipments there,\u201d he added, pointing out that \u201cadvanced Israeli, European, and American arms that have not\u00a0yet been tested in the countries of manufacture, in addition to Israeli grenades, night binoculars, and communication systems were confiscated by the security forces.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Harba went on saying that \u201ccommunication stations where established on the Lebanese borders to oversee the military operations in Baba Amro, and to ensure contact between field commanders and a coordination office led by members of information in the Qatari capital Doha.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He clarified that \u201cthe escape of British journalists from Homs through the Lebanese-Syrian borders was the result of this coordination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In parallel, the Syrian strategic expert revealed that \u201cthe communication stations were being operated by Lebanese figures; some of them were members of the Future parliamentary bloc,\u201d and considered that \u201cthese figures worked on transforming Wadi Khaled region into a strategic depth for Baba Amro.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nWeapons from Israel used for First Time in Baba Amro<\/h3>\n
Mossad, Blackwater Directed from Qatar Operations in Homs<\/h3>\n