US Training Syrian Opposition In Cyber Warfare, Online Security of the Middle East

Article from Lebanon’s As-Safir translated by AL-Monitor: Haifa Zaaiter reviews Western reports on the US training Syrian dissidents as “cyberwarriors.” Opposition fighters are being trained to document and circulate footage of confrontations and US-funded programs are providing software to the fighters to help them encrypt their communications and bypass government firewalls.

For full article go to: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/01/06/americas-electronic-war-on-syria.html