Just a few months after the fall of President Bashar Al-Assad, Syria was rocking the eruption of violence. The coastal cities turned into a killing fields, and forces were aligned with the Government accused of massaging hundreds of civilians from religious minorities.
The Syrian Internet space is also full of disinformation – part of the information war that encourages the sectasy fear and deepening divisions, in a country that is still raw from the years of the civil war and the decade under the brutal regime.
Main associates:
Zaina Erhaim – a journalist
Ahmad Primo – founder, check Syria
Ola Suliman – Campaign Lead, Syria’s campaign
Rome Turkmani – Director of the Syria Research Program, LSE
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Content:
Patrick Bet-David-Domaćin, PBD Podcast
Michelle Garcia – journalist and author
Abraham Paulos – Deputy Director, Black Alliance for only immigration
