Bashar al-Assad

January 18, 2021

Unverified claims and Assad propaganda in BBC News Syria strikes report

On January 13th a report headlined “Syria war: Suspected Israeli strikes on Iran-linked targets &#...

July 3, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Carmit Valensi takes a look at ‘20 Years of the Assad Regime’. ‘“Someone who ...

February 25, 2019

New BBC report on ‘White Helmets’ again amplifies falsehoods

Assad's conspiracy theories recycled in BBC report....

October 19, 2018

Catching up with some recent BBC Middle East reporting

Following up BBC reporting on three topics....

July 25, 2018

BBC News report on Syrian plane interception won’t say where it happened

The BBC's report leaves readers none the wiser where – and therefore why – the incident took pla...

July 24, 2018

BBC News website readers get yet another dose of Assad’s propaganda

30% of the BBC's second 'White Helmets' article in two days is devoted to promotion of Assad's propa...

July 22, 2018

BBC promotes what it described in April as ‘conspiracy theories’

Three months ago BBC Trending reported on conspiracy theories surrounding the 'White Helmets'. Now B...

May 13, 2018

Guardian warns that US abandonment of Iran Deal will jeopardize Mid-East “peace”

Here is the basic question: Why is the Guardian more concerned about the possible future instability...

April 22, 2018

UKMW prompts corrections at Times of London and The Irish News to false Syria “attack” claims.

Following communication with UK Media Watch, Times of London corrected a story from that day which e...

April 13, 2018

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading....