Cables Say U.S. Supported Syrian Opposition
Previously undisclosed Wikileaks cables say that the U.S. State Department has been funding Syrian opposition groups and related projects since 2006. The cables show that the Movement for Justice and Development, a London-based group of Syrian exiles and liberal Islamists, received $6 million from the U.S. The movement is affiliated with a satellite television network, Barada TV. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said he could not speak to the content of ...
April 19, 2011
Category: Civil Society, Democracy Promotion, Diplomacy, Foreign Aid, Syria, US foreign policy, US media, Wikileaks Cables
U.S. Secretly Backed Syrian Opposition Groups According to Wikileaks Cables
According to cables released by Wikileaks, the U.S. government has been funding Syrian opposition figures and opposition related projects since 2005 when ties with Syria were frozen by the Bush Administration. One of the projects reportedly funded by the State Department was Barada TV, an anti-regime satellite channel based in London. The leaked cables show concern by U.S. officials in 2009, that continued funding of anti-regime figures and groups would ...