France helped Syrian military figures to desert http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=435333 France has helped a number of Syrian military figures to desert from President Bashar al-Assad's embattled regime, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Tuesday."We have contributed to a certain number of desertion operations," he told a parliamentary commission, without giving any further details.

The comment came a day after defected general Manaf Tlass said French secret agents helped him escape in July from Syria