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Metropolis Desk-
Because of what it called “biased and misleading reports,” the Syrian government has revoked the BBC’s media credentials. The broadcaster did not follow “professional standards,” according to Syria’s communication ministry.
In a recent BBC report, the family of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was connected to the trade of the amphetamine Captagon.
According to the BBC, its journalism was unbiased and independent.
To get the facts, “we speak to people from all political perspectives,” a BBC representative said.
The BBC News Arabic Investigations, which were published last month, discovered connections between the Syrian Armed Forces’ top brass, the Captagon drug trafficking, and Mr. Assad’s family.
A highly addictive substance similar to amphetamine, captagon. Any involvement in the drug trade has previously been refuted by the Syrian government.
However, the US, UK, and European Union have identified relatives of Mr. Assad as significant figures and implicated the Syrian government for the creation and export of the medication.
The statement from the Syrian government did not expressly mention the Captagon report. The BBC, it claimed, periodically gave “subjective and fake information” since the Syrian civil conflict broke out in 2011.
The BBC was “more than once” warned, but nevertheless “continued to broadcast its misleading reports based on statements… from terrorist entities and those hostile to Syria,” it was stated.
According to the BBC, it will “continue to provide unbiased news and information to our audiences throughout the Arabic-speaking world.”
Even though the war-torn nation is ranked 175 out of 180 on Reporters Without Borders’ index of press freedom, cancellation of international media accreditation is uncommon there.
