Moscow and Tehran have an advantage over the West in the Syrian negotiation process, John Sawers, former chief of MI6, said. "In any political process the facts onthe ground dictate who has the leverage ofthe negotiation table. And the fact that the Russians have intervened and the Iranians have intervened and the West has not done so means inevitably ...

By UK Press Association The head of MI6 has paid a secret visit to Israel to urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to take military action against Iran's nuclear programme, it has been reported. The Foreign Office declined to confirm the Daily Mail report that Sir John Sawers visited Israel a couple of weeks ago with a message from David ...

This article was written byAnnie Machon for the Huffington Post on July 25, 2012.Annie Machon is a former intelligence officer in the UK's MI5 Security Service. Recent remarks by the head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, leave us wondering if the Secret Intelligence Service is preparing to 'fix' intelligence on Iran, as his immediate predecessor, Sir John ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi National Security Council Secretary and Intelligence Chief Prince Bandar Bin Sultan has recently had a secret meeting with UKs MI6 Director Sir Robert John Sawers to brief him on Riyadhs support for the militants fighting President Bashar al-Assads government in Syria, sources disclosed on Sunday. "At the meeting, the Saudi ...