WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The whistleblower website WikiLeaks has announced the release of nearly 2.5 million emails derived from 680 Syria-related entities.

They are said to be “embarrassing to Syria, but it is also embarrassing to Syria’s opponents.”

“It helps us not merely to criticize one group or another, but to understand their interests, actions and thoughts. It is only through understanding this conflict that we can hope to resolve it,” says the website’s founder Julian Assange.

According to the website, the files “shine a light on the inner workings of the Syrian government and economy, but they also reveal how the West and Western companies say one thing and do another.“

There are 2 434 899 in the leak involving 678 752 different senders and 1 082 447 different recipients, WikiLeaks says.

The entities exposed include the Syrian Ministries of Presidential Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Information, Transport and Culture.

The texts are in several languages, including about 400 000 emails in Arabic and 68 000 in Russian, reports RT.

Around 42 000 emails were infected with viruses or trojans.

Just like previous releases of confidential data, the Syria files will be released in chunks over a period of time. Several news agencies have already received access to the database.

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