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Leaked documents reveal Western governments' manipulation of the media to create misleading coverage against Syria and support terrorism there

2020-09-25T16:41:37.376Z


Washington-SANA revealed leaked documents published by the site Washington-SANA Leaked documents published by the independent news website The Gray Zone revealed how Western intelligence manipulated Arab and international media outlets in order to create misleading media coverage about the situation in Syria and the war against it. Writer Norton explained in an article published by the website under the title “Leaked documents reveal a large-scale Syrian pro


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Leaked documents published by the independent news website The Gray Zone revealed how Western intelligence manipulated Arab and international media outlets in order to create misleading media coverage about the situation in Syria and the war against it.

Writer Norton explained in an article published by the website under the title “Leaked documents reveal a large-scale Syrian propaganda operation launched by Western government contractors and media outlets,” that the leaked documents show how contractors in the British government have developed an advanced propaganda infrastructure aimed at stimulating support in the West for terrorist organizations in Syria. Under the name of "armed opposition", its marketing by public relations companies backed by Western governments.

The writer said the leaked files reveal how Western intelligence has manipulated the role of the media and carefully formulated media coverage in both English and Arabic for the war on Syria to create a continuous stream of supportive coverage of the so-called "opposition", as American and European contractors trained and advised their leaders at all levels and organized interviews with them on Major media outlets such as "BBC" and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in addition to training more than half of the reporters used by Al-Jazeera in Syria in the "Basma" program, which is a joint program between the American and British governments and has produced hundreds of so-called media activists affiliated with the so-called "opposition." “.

And the writer indicated that the leaked documents revealed how Western government public relations companies affected the way the media covered the events in Syria, as well as the production of fake and propaganda news to be broadcast on the main TV networks in the Middle East, including the BBC, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera and Orient channels. And others, where these companies funded by the British government worked continuously to establish public relations for terrorists under the name of "opposition".

According to the leaked documents, the writer quoted one of the contractors, “N Coastrat”, that he was in constant contact with a network of more than 1,600 journalists and international influencers and used them to promote talking points in support of terrorists in Syria, while another Western government contractor named ARK drafted a strategy to “reclassify” terrorist organizations. In Syria, with the aim of softening its image in front of public opinion and marketing it, Ark boasted that it broadcasted advertisements almost every day on the major Arab television networks.

The writer pointed out that the leaked files confirm the existence of reports, including the report of "Max Blumenthal" from the "Gray Zone" website, about the role of the American-British government contractor in promoting the terrorist group "White Helmets" in the Western media, pointing out that Ark managed accounts for this group. On social media, he helped transform the Western-funded group into a major propaganda weapon for the so-called "Syrian opposition."

The writer explained that the leaked documents consisted mainly of materials produced under the auspices of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the United Kingdom where all the companies mentioned in the files were contracted by the British government and that many of them also ran “multi-donor projects” and received funding from state governments. The United States and other Western European countries, in addition to showing the role played by Western intelligence in shaping the media coverage against Syria, the documents also shed light on the British government's program of training and arming terrorist groups in Syria.

The documents indicated, according to the author, that the work of the British government contractors whose activities were revealed was in fact in support of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization "Jabhat Al-Nusra" in Syria.

In the context, the author drew attention to a report leaked from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs in the United Kingdom in 2014 about a joint operation with the Ministry of Defense and the Department for International Development to support strategic communications, research, monitoring, evaluation and operational support for so-called “opposition entities in Syria,” as an additional government document explains in 2017. Clearly, how Britain financed a program to support the media activities of terrorist groups under the name of "Syrian opposition", as the British Foreign Office and the army laid plans to launch an all-out media war against Syria through networks of contractors on the ground.

The writer pointed out that another document showed that the British government, since 2012, with the support of Western governments, had aimed in Syria to provide effective programs, as Ark boasted of overseeing contracts worth 66 million dollars to support efforts in support of terrorist organizations in Syria under the name of "armed opposition."

It is noteworthy that the author explains that the leaked documents were obtained by a group calling itself “Anonymous” and published in a series of files with the titles “Her Majesty's Government ... Operation Trojan Horse ... from the Integrity Initiative to covert operations around the world. Part one: Taming Syria, ”where the anonymous leakers said that their goal is to expose the criminal activity of the British Foreign Office and the intelligence services ... to declare war on the new British colonialism.

Documents revealed by British writer Mark Curtis in an article published by the Middle East Eye website during last May confirmed that Britain began clandestine operations against Syria in early 2012, that is, since the start of the terrorist war against it, where Britain was closely involved in smuggling arms shipments to terrorists and training them. And their organization in a process that lasted years in cooperation with the United States and the Saudi regime. The British news site The Canary revealed in 2016 that Britain was involved and informed it of polishing the image of terrorists in Syria and presenting them to the public opinion as a "moderate opposition."

Source: sena

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