Syria’s national television has broadcast confessions of an individual that had cooperated with foreign media in fabricating footage on demonstrations in the country, Press TV reports.
Mohammad Ibrahim Khanoudi’s confessions were broadcast on the Syrian state-run TV on Saturday, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The 45-year-old Syrian national admitted to joining a foreign-funded media group that fabricated videos of demonstrations and repressions by the Syrian security forces.
Khanoudi identified the heads of the media team as Mamoun Hamoudi and Tarek Balcha.
The fabricated videos were sold to stations like al-Jazeera, al-Arabiya and Orient TV for USD 100 each clip, according to Khanoudi.
Khanoudi added that the media group was in contact with an armed gang that carried out attacks on security stations and regularly held meetings in Hamoudi’s house.
Syrian officials say a captured terrorist has also confessed to receiving foreign aid and instructions from contacts in Saudi Arabia and Jordan to deface Damascus.
On Friday, Syria’s national television aired confessions of captured terrorist Ammar Ziyad al-Najjar who admitted that he had been a part of a group that received instructions on how to kidnap people and blame it on the Syrian government.
The Syrian state television has also broadcast other reports showing seized caches of weapons and confessions by terrorist elements, describing how they obtained arms from foreign sources.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March, with demonstrations being held both against and in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
According to the Syrian government, unknown gangs are responsible for the death of many civilians and are the driving factor behind the recent unrest in the country.
