(RT)- The SAS, as well as the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG), are reportedly ready to deploy from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus should the need arise.
The Daily Express reported Monday that the missions would focus on areas popular with tourists and that troops would be cleared to use lethal force if the rescue operations were interfered with.
An unnamed defense source told the Daily Star on Sunday that Turkey “is on the brink.”
“If there is another coup attempt then civil war will follow. If that happens there will be a major international crisis.
“Every country with nationals living in or on holiday in Turkey will be attempting to rescue them and we intend to be ahead of the game.”
It has emerged that at least three of the five Turkish army regiments involved in the failed coup to overthrow Turkey’s authoritarian President Erdogan are part of a NATO force.
Amid the ongoing purge in the country, Amnesty International has claimed torture is being used to cleanse the regime of enemies.