The conflict in Syria has been raging for more than three years; despite the logistical, intelligence, morale and military support from western and some Arab governments to the rebel opposition. Assad has remained in power and under no immediate pressure to leave. Yes, Assad has received support from Russia, but it is over-simplistic to suggest Assad’s success against such an international attack was only down to Russia. In truth,…
Rumours create knots very quickly; lines of information and speculation criss-cross and intertwine, so it becomes almost impossible to know the starting point. With the rumours of Assad’s killing, there seems to be one of two potential start-points.
The BBC’s reporting of Syria has produced some fine examples of really bad journalism: Silly mistakes along with shameful errors, selective wording and images, and biased reporting that favours good news stories about the opposition and an ‘Assad Is Bad’ rhetoric that grossly over-simplifies both the man and the Syrians attitude towards him; all of which has shown the BBC to be amateurish and unreliable in informing the British people…
A British military training and logistics company has admitted its website was hacked, but claims no truth to the emails indicating the company is at the centre of a staged propaganda. After the website hacking of Britam Defence Ltd, emails began to circulate that the company had been recruited by Qatar to create a video that staged the deployment of chemical weapons, which would subsequently be blamed on the Assad…
Its extremely rare for people in the west to see the Syrian president Assad in their news; even less to hear his words. Most likely he is seen from afar, behind a lectern with his words lost behind the overdub of the reporter giving their opinion/assessment of events in Syria. The speech given by Assad to his people is an almost unique opportunity to gain closer inspection of the man…
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