London, SANA-New documents obtained by British journalist and writer, Mark Curtis, in an article published on \u201cMiddle East Eye\u201d website reveals that Britain began secret operations against Syria in the beginning of 2012, which means at the beginning of terrorist war on Syria.<\/p>\n
Britain was involved in snuggling arm shipments to the terrorists, training and organizing them under the name of \u201cmoderate opposition,\u201d in an operation that lasted many years in cooperation between the US and Saudi regime, according to Curtis.<\/p>\n
\u201cDocuments\u00a0obtained\u00a0by investigative journalist Ian Cobain at Middle East Eye provide details of five UK covert propaganda programmers in Syria that began in 2012, involving the creation of a network of citizen journalists across the country to shape perceptions of the conflict,\u201d according to the Writer.<\/p>\n
The new revelations challenge some of the dominant narratives of the war promoted in the British mainstream media, notably that the UK has played only a small or no role in the conflict, and that it has supported only \u201cmoderate\u201d opposition groups, Middle Easy Eye said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey also confirm that the British public can be seen as a target for propaganda operations by their own government,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
The journalists involved in the propaganda programmes were hired from offices in\u00a0Istanbul and Amman set up by UK government contractors with funding from Britain, the US and Canada. They were commissioned to produce TV footage, radio programmes, social media, posters, magazines and even children\u2019s comics.<\/p>\n
The projects were run by Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defence (MOD) and military intelligence officers, and\u00a0guided\u00a0by the\u00a0government\u2019s National Security Council, Britain\u2019s highest policymaking body, with a budget of \u00a39.6m ($11.9m) during 2015-16 alone, with more money earmarked for later years.<\/p>\n
The documents\u00a0show\u00a0that the UK was covertly running parts of the Syrian opposition. It awarded contracts to communications companies that selected and trained opposition spokespeople,\u00a0managed their press offices and developed their social media accounts.<\/p>\n
Mazen Eyon<\/p>\n
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