Reuters: Turkish MIT asked Britain’s MI6 to help protect Syrian leader al-Sara
The Turkish presidency denied the report
Meeting between Christodoulides and the head of the British intelligence services, the background
The visit is taking place at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean – Blaise Metreweli is the first woman to head MI6
MI6 distances itself from new chief’s Nazi-linked grandfather – Known as “The Butcher”
Konstantin Dobrovolsky defected from the Red Army to become a Nazi informant in Ukraine – His wife fled to Britain and later remarried
