Syria: An eruption of violence and a misinformation crisis

The Listening Post

Just months after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syria has been rocked by an eruption of violence. Coastal towns have turned into killing fields, with forces aligned with the government accused of massacring hundreds of civilians from religious minorities.

The Syrian online space is also littered with misinformation – part of an information war that is inciting sectarian fear and deepening divisions, in a country still raw from years of civil war and decades under a brutal regime.

Lead contributors:

Zaina Erhaim – Journalist
Ahmad Primo – Founder, Verify Syria
Ola Suliman – Campaigns lead, The Syria Campaign
Rim Turkmani – Syria research programme director, LSE

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