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When the '''Free Syrian Police''' (FSP) was established in Aleppo by the rebel [[Syrian National Coalition]] in 2013, it was said to be underequipped and underarmed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Syria opposition creates Aleppo police force|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/20132371531626992.html|accessdate=27 October 2015|work=Al Jazeera|date=3 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Abdulrahim |first1=Raja |title=In Syria, rebels face challenges in policing areas they control |url=http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-aleppo-police-20140711-story.html#page=1 |accessdate=11 September 2015 |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=11 July 2014}}</ref>
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When the '''Free Syrian Police''' (FSP) was established in Aleppo by the rebel [[Syrian National Coalition]] in 2013, it was said to be underequipped and underarmed.<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/20132371531626992.html|accessdate=27 October 2015</ref><ref>http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-aleppo-police-20140711-story.html#page=1 </ref>
  
According to the then British [[Foreign Secretary]] [[Philip Hammond]], the United Kingdom in 2014 was working with international donors to provide the Free Syrian Police with training, technical assistance, maintenance funds, and basic equipment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Tom |title=Syria's 'Free Police' outgunned by all its foes |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/04/us-mideast-crisis-aleppo-police-idUSKCN0HS1TW20141004 |accessdate=11 September 2015 |agency=Reuters |date=4 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hammond |first1=Philip |title=Gifting of equipment to the Free Syrian Police |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/gifting-of-equipment-to-the-free-syrian-police |website=Gov.uk |accessdate=11 September 2015}}</ref>
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According to the then British [[Foreign Secretary]] [[Philip Hammond]], the United Kingdom in 2014 was working with international donors to provide the Free Syrian Police with training, technical assistance, maintenance funds, and basic equipment.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/04/us-mideast-crisis-aleppo-police-idUSKCN0HS1TW20141004 </ref><ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/gifting-of-equipment-to-the-free-syrian-police</ref>
  
In early 2017, while the 3,000 or so western-backed [[White Helmets]] were being hurriedly withdrawn from Aleppo as the Syrian Army took control, the UK was reported to be providing the 3,300 mostly unarmed FSP officers, who were said to be undertaking community policing duties in the rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Idlib and Daraa provinces, with training and equipment.<ref>''[http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/01/30/the-free-syrian-police-made-in-the-uk-vanessa-beeley-on-uk-column/ "The ‘Free Syrian Police’ Made in the UK – Vanessa Beeley Expose West’s Shadow State Project"]''</ref><ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39458062 "Free Syrian Police go unarmed to help their community"]''</ref>  
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In early 2017, while the 3,000 or so western-backed [[White Helmets]] were being hurriedly withdrawn from Aleppo as the Syrian Army took control, the UK was reported to be providing roughly the same number of unarmed FSP officers, who were said to be undertaking community policing duties in the rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Idlib and Daraa provinces, with training and equipment.<ref>''[http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/01/30/the-free-syrian-police-made-in-the-uk-vanessa-beeley-on-uk-column/ "The ‘Free Syrian Police’ Made in the UK – Vanessa Beeley Expose West’s Shadow State Project"]''</ref><ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39458062 "Free Syrian Police go unarmed to help their community"]''</ref>  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:59, 31 July 2021

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Free Syrian Police.jpg
Foreground: Free Syrian Police, background: White Helmets
A hastily re-branded Western proxy force in Syria.

When the Free Syrian Police (FSP) was established in Aleppo by the rebel Syrian National Coalition in 2013, it was said to be underequipped and underarmed.[1][2]

According to the then British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, the United Kingdom in 2014 was working with international donors to provide the Free Syrian Police with training, technical assistance, maintenance funds, and basic equipment.[3][4]

In early 2017, while the 3,000 or so western-backed White Helmets were being hurriedly withdrawn from Aleppo as the Syrian Army took control, the UK was reported to be providing roughly the same number of unarmed FSP officers, who were said to be undertaking community policing duties in the rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Idlib and Daraa provinces, with training and equipment.[5][6]

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