Syria Files

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The Syria Files is a partnership between Wikileaks and a number of media organizations from around the world, including Al-Akhbar, which exposes the inner workings of the Syrian government and economy.

Rami Makhlouf: Buying Syria One Bank at a Time
On 17 June 2011, Syrian state media announced that Rami Makhlouf, a notorious business tycoon and cousin of President Bashar al-Assad, was quitting business and dedicating his wealth and life to charity and development projects in an apparent concession to one of the initial demands of protesters in Syria. Read more

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Qatari Royal Dumps Syrian Stocks Pre-Ramadan 2011
Emails from the “Syria Files” released by WikiLeaks and obtained by Al-Akhbar show that a Qatari royal and founder of the Qatar International Islamic...
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US Firm Encourages 'Fist and Open Hand' in Syria
On 19 May 2011, a memorandum entitled “Crisis Communications Analysis” was forwarded by sam@alshahba.com, an account which is most likely used by...
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Asma and Bashar: Syria's British Royals
The “Syria Files” cache released by WikiLeaks on 5 June 2012 includes around 2.4 million emails sent and received by thousands of different users (...
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