Wikileaks begins release of 2.4 million emails from Syrian government

The range of files extends from the intimate correspondence of the most senior
Baath party figures to records of financial transfers sent from Syrian
ministries to other nations, WikiLeaks said.

The emails are in several languages and include 68,000 in Russian. Moscow is
one of Syria’s main arms suppliers and has shielded its long-standing ally
President Bashar al-Assad from tougher U.N. sanctions over his crackdown on
a 16-month uprising.

The revolt, which started with peaceful pro-democracy protests in March 2011,
has turned into a something approaching a civil war as the government’s
crackdown triggered an armed uprising.

Opposition leaders and Western governments say more than 15,000 people have
been killed in the uprising. The government says “terrorist gangs”
steered from abroad have killed several thousand troops and police.

WikiLeaks said that although it had not yet verified all the emails due to
their significant volume, it was “statistically confident” the
vast majority of files were genuine.

Assange himself has been holed-up in Ecuador’s embassy in London since he made
a surprise application for political asylum last month. The Australian
former computer hacker is wanted for questioning in Sweden over sex crime
allegations.

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