Parliament moved to require the Prime Minister to give it veto power over any decision to arm the Syrian rebels. The head of MI6 has warned of the “highly worrying proliferation” of chemical weapons if the Assad regime falls in Syria. British spy agencies now believe Syria presents the biggest terror threat to the UK, as “significant numbers” of radicalized individuals from the UK and Europe have gone to Syria, and there is also now the risk that the “permissive environment” in Syria could allow extremist elements there to plot attacks against the West.
