Government & conflict
The Syria Files
First published 5 July 2012 · Syrian government ministries, officials and associated companies · 2,434,899 emails
2.4 million emails from Syrian ministries, officials and connected firms, 2006 to 2012. We began releasing them on 5 July 2012.
Overview
2,434,899 emails from 680 Syria-related domains, including the ministries of Presidential Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Information, Transport and Culture. August 2006 to March 2012.
We began publication on 5 July 2012, in stages, alongside reporting partners. We did not name our source. Anonymous publicly claimed to have obtained and supplied the material.
What reporting revealed
- 2,434,899 emails from 680 domains, about 400,000 in Arabic and 68,000 in Russian.
- I said I was statistically confident the vast majority were what they purported to be.
- Anonymous claimed it had breached the Syrian domains and supplied the emails.
- Reports showed continued technical support for communications gear supplied to Syria by Finmeccanica's Selex Elsag.
Catalogue records
Entries describing the release and related documents, with provenance and sources.
| Published | Cat. no. | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-05 | FAN-0018 | The Syria Files 2,434,899 emails from 680 Syria-related domains — ministries, political figures and associated companies — dated August 2006 to March 2012, which I released from July 2012 during the Syrian conflict. | Emails |
Source
- The Syria Files — original release — wikileaks.org (Original publication)wikileaks.org