Former UK Ambassador Slams Government Statement on Syria’s White Helmets

Peter Ford slammed a UK government statement praising the White Helmets as well as the Israeli operation to whisk them out of Southern Syria.

Vanessa Beeley
By Vanessa Beeley
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense also known as the White Helmets pose for a photo.

Former Ambassador to Syria 2003 – 2006, Peter Ford responded to a UK Government statement by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt on the “exceptional” Israeli evacuation of the UK/US Coalition intelligence construct, the White Helmets: Following a joint diplomatic effort by the UK and international

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May’s Syria Policy Gets Thumbs Down from Bipartisan Group of UK Pols

Since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, the U.K. has been an instrumental part of the U.S.-led coalition active in Syria and has also been a major source of funding for armed Syrian opposition groups, having spent millions of pounds on financing such groups — often with terrorist affiliations — since 2012.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
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LONDON – The Global Network for Syria, which includes a bipartisan group of several British policymakers and former British ambassadors to Syria, has slammed the U.K. government’s current foreign policy on Syria, Saying that current efforts of “prolong suffering” in the country by funding “so-called moderate armed opposition forces” that are

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