As Syria’s post-Assad transition unfolds, emerging documents and testimonies are shedding light on foreign officials who aided the regime’s repressive apparatus. Anouar Malek, a former intelligence officer and now journalist, interviewed by Hichem Aboud on December 09, 2024, has made explosive revelations about the direct involvement of senior Algerian intelligence officials in supporting Assad’s security apparatus and manipulating international monitoring efforts.
In this video Anouar Malek, journalist and human rights expert, claims to possess documents from defectors of Syrian intelligence officers who provided him with documentation detailing the technical assistance and expertise used to sabotage the Syrian revolution. This involved creating fake competing groups, conducting false-flag operations, and labeling them as terrorists in order to justify counter-terrorism measures and repression.
Evidence 01: Syrian Intelligence Report on Algerian Counter-Revolution Strategies
A Syrian intelligence memo from 2011, titled “The Algerian Experience and How to Benefit from It,” details a meeting between a Syrian intelligence envoy and Chafik Mesbah, a former senior Algerian intelligence officer. The memo highlights Mesbah’s advice on counter-revolutionary tactics based on Algeria’s handling of the 1992 Islamist insurgency.
The document discusses:
- Mesbah emphasized reframing opposition movements as terrorist threats, exploiting global and U.S. fears of extremism to justify state violence.
- He detailed how Algeria successfully turned international attention away from its military coup by portraying it as a war against terrorism.
- The memo credits Algeria’s military for creating parallel opposition groups and orchestrating false-flag operations to delegitimize genuine protests.
- Mesbah argued that such methods, including fabricating extremist threats, were essential to suppress dissent and gain international support, and without which the Algerian coup would not have been successful.
The report concludes with Syrian intelligence proposing a deeper study of Algeria’s methods to apply similar strategies in Syria.
Evidence 02: Algerian Approval for Counter-Terrorism Collaboration
A second leaked document from 2011 confirms Algeria’s formal approval to consider a Syrian request for assistance in counter-terrorism efforts. It outlines:
- A proposal for Algerian intelligence officers and counter-terrorism experts to train Syrian officials.
- The document, dated November 3, 2011, acknowledges Algeria’s willingness to share expertise in suppressing insurgencies, particularly through intelligence operations.
- Although presented as counter-terrorism collaboration, the methods described align with the tactics outlined in the first document, suggesting a strategic framework to stifle popular uprisings under the guise of counter-terrorism.
This document shows a formalized channel of support between the Algerian and Syrian regimes.
Evidence Anouar Malek’s Testimony on Mahrez Djeribi
Anouar Malek, who served as an Arab League observer during the Syrian uprising in 2011, provided firsthand accounts of systematic interference by Algerian intelligence embedded within the monitoring mission. In his testimony, Malek singled out Mahrez Djeribi, now Director of Algeria’s Central Security Directorate (DCSA), for his role in manipulating observer reports.
Key details from Malek’s account:
- Djeribi, then a colonel, worked to alter monitoring reports to downplay Assad’s atrocities and portray the uprising as a terrorist movement.
- Observer findings were reportedly routed through Algerian intelligence before being submitted to the Arab League, ensuring regime-friendly narratives.
- Malek claimed that when he refused to comply with these manipulations, he received death threats and was forced to flee.
Documents in Arabic:
Leaked intelligence memo from 2011 reveals discussions between Syrian and Algerian officials, including advice from former Algerian intelligence officer Chafik Mesbah on reframing dissent as terrorism and using counterinsurgency tactics to suppress opposition movements. Source: Anouar Malek.
Strategic recommendations from 2011 Algerian-Syrian intelligence meetings, outlining plans for further collaboration and operational tactics to counter opposition forces, with a focus on exporting Algeria’s counterterrorism expertise. Source: Anouar Malek.
Leaked memo reveals Algeria’s conditional approval in 2011 to send specialized intelligence and counterterrorism officers to Syria for training programs, reflecting deep security cooperation between the two regimes during the height of the Syrian uprising. Source: Anouar Malek.
Documents in English:
Leaked intelligence memo from 2011 reveals discussions between Syrian and Algerian officials, including advice from former Algerian intelligence officer Chafik Mesbah on reframing dissent as terrorism and using counterinsurgency tactics to suppress opposition movements. Source: Anouar Malek.
Strategic recommendations from 2011 Algerian-Syrian intelligence meetings, outlining plans for further collaboration and operational tactics to counter opposition forces, with a focus on exporting Algeria’s counterterrorism expertise. Source: Anouar Malek.
Leaked memo reveals Algeria’s conditional approval in 2011 to send specialized intelligence and counterterrorism officers to Syria for training programs, reflecting deep security cooperation between the two regimes during the height of the Syrian uprising. Source: Anouar Malek.
Preuves : Les services de renseignement algériens ont formé et conseillé les renseignements syriens
Alors que la transition post-Assad en Syrie se déroule, des documents et des témoignages émergent, révélant l’implication de responsables étrangers dans l’appareil répressif du régime. Anouar Malek, ancien officier de renseignement devenu journaliste, interviewé par Hichem Aboud le 9 décembre 2024, a fait des révélations explosives sur l’implication directe de hauts responsables du renseignement algérien dans le soutien à l’appareil sécuritaire d’Assad et dans la manipulation des efforts de surveillance internationale.
Dans cette vidéo, Anouar Malek, journaliste et expert en droits de l’homme, affirme posséder des documents provenant de transfuges d’officiers de renseignement syriens qui lui ont fourni des documents détaillant l’assistance technique et l’expertise utilisées pour saboter la révolution syrienne. Il s’agissait de créer de faux groupes concurrents, de mener des opérations sous faux drapeau et de les qualifier de terroristes afin de justifier les mesures antiterroristes et la répression.
Preuve 01 : Rapport des renseignements syriens sur les stratégies contre-révolutionnaires algériennes
Une note des renseignements syriens de 2011, intitulée « L’expérience algérienne et comment en tirer profit », détaille une réunion entre un émissaire des renseignements syriens et Chafik Mesbah, ancien haut responsable des services de renseignement algériens. La note met en avant les conseils de Mesbah sur les tactiques contre-révolutionnaires inspirées de la gestion de l’insurrection islamiste de 1992 en Algérie.
Le document révèle :
- Mesbah a souligné l’importance de redéfinir les mouvements d’opposition comme des menaces terroristes, exploitant les craintes mondiales, notamment celles des États-Unis, concernant l’extrémisme pour justifier la violence d’État.
- Il a expliqué comment l’Algérie a réussi à détourner l’attention internationale de son coup d’État militaire en le présentant comme une guerre contre le terrorisme.
- Le rapport crédite l’armée algérienne pour avoir créé des groupes d’opposition parallèles et orchestré des opérations sous faux drapeau pour délégitimer les protestations authentiques.
- Mesbah a affirmé que de telles méthodes, y compris la fabrication de menaces extrémistes, étaient essentielles pour réprimer la dissidence et obtenir un soutien international, sans lesquelles le coup d’État algérien n’aurait pas abouti.
Le rapport conclut avec une proposition des renseignements syriens d’étudier plus en profondeur les méthodes algériennes pour appliquer des stratégies similaires en Syrie.
Preuve 02 : Approbation algérienne pour une collaboration en matière de contre-terrorisme
Un deuxième document divulgué de 2011 confirme l’approbation formelle de l’Algérie pour étudier une demande syrienne d’assistance en contre-terrorisme. Il décrit :
- Une proposition visant à envoyer des officiers des services de renseignement algériens et des experts en contre-terrorisme pour former des responsables syriens.
- Le document, daté du 3 novembre 2011, reconnaît la volonté de l’Algérie de partager son expertise en matière de suppression des insurrections, notamment via des opérations de renseignement.
- Bien que présenté comme une collaboration en contre-terrorisme, les méthodes décrites s’alignent avec les tactiques exposées dans le premier document, suggérant un cadre stratégique pour réprimer les soulèvements populaires sous couvert de lutte contre le terrorisme.
Ce document montre l’existence d’un canal formalisé de soutien entre les régimes algérien et syrien.
Preuve 03 : Témoignage d’Anouar Malek sur Mahrez Djeribi
Anouar Malek, qui a servi comme observateur de la Ligue arabe lors du soulèvement syrien en 2011, a fourni des témoignages de première main sur les interférences systématiques des services de renseignement algériens au sein de la mission de surveillance. Dans son témoignage, Malek a désigné Mahrez Djeribi, désormais directeur de la Direction centrale de la sécurité algérienne (DCSA), pour son rôle dans la manipulation des rapports d’observation.
Points clés du témoignage de Malek :
- Djeribi, alors colonel, travaille à modifier les rapports de surveillance pour minimiser les atrocités d’Assad et présenter le soulèvement comme un mouvement terroriste.
- Les conclusions des observateurs étaient apparemment acheminées par les services de renseignement algériens avant d’être soumises à la Ligue arabe, garantissant des récits favorables au régime.
- Malek a affirmé que lorsqu’il a refusé de se conformer à ces manipulations, il a reçu des menaces de mort et a été contraint de fuir.
Documents en Arabe:
Une note des services de renseignement datant de 2011 révèle des discussions entre des responsables syriens et algériens, y compris des conseils de l’ancien officier de renseignement algérien Chafik Mesbah sur la façon de qualifier la dissidence de terrorisme et d’utiliser des tactiques de contre-insurrection pour supprimer les mouvements d’opposition. Source: Anouar Malek.
Recommandations stratégiques issues des réunions de 2011 entre les services de renseignement algériens et syriens, décrivant des plans pour une collaboration plus poussée et des tactiques opérationnelles pour contrer les forces d’opposition, en mettant l’accent sur l’exportation de l’expertise algérienne en matière de lutte contre le terrorisme. Source: Anouar Malek.
Leaked memo reveals Algeria’s conditional approval in 2011 to send specialized intelligence and counterterrorism officers to Syria for training programs, reflecting deep security cooperation between the two regimes during the height of the Syrian uprising. Source: Anouar Malek.
Documents en Français:
Une note des services de renseignement datant de 2011 révèle des discussions entre des responsables syriens et algériens, y compris des conseils de l’ancien officier de renseignement algérien Chafik Mesbah sur la façon de qualifier la dissidence de terrorisme et d’utiliser des tactiques de contre-insurrection pour supprimer les mouvements d’opposition. Source: Anouar Malek.
Recommandations stratégiques issues des réunions de 2011 entre les services de renseignement algériens et syriens, décrivant des plans pour une collaboration plus poussée et des tactiques opérationnelles pour contrer les forces d’opposition, en mettant l’accent sur l’exportation de l’expertise algérienne en matière de lutte contre le terrorisme. Source: Anouar Malek.
Le mémo divulgué révèle l’approbation conditionnelle de l’Algérie en 2011 pour envoyer des officiers spécialisés dans le renseignement et la lutte contre le terrorisme en Syrie pour des programmes de formation, reflétant une coopération profonde en matière de sécurité entre les deux régimes au plus fort de l’insurrection syrienne.
Source: Anouar Malek.
Evidence: Algeria’s Intelligence Trained and Advised Syrian Intelligence
As Syria’s post-Assad transition unfolds, emerging documents and testimonies are shedding light on foreign officials who aided the regime’s repressive apparatus. Anouar Malek, a former intelligence officer and now journalist, interviewed by Hichem Aboud on December 09, 2024, has made explosive revelations about the direct involvement of senior Algerian intelligence officials in supporting Assad’s security apparatus and manipulating international monitoring efforts.
In this video Anouar Malek, journalist and human rights expert, claims to possess documents from defectors of Syrian intelligence officers who provided him with documentation detailing the technical assistance and expertise used to sabotage the Syrian revolution. This involved creating fake competing groups, conducting false-flag operations, and labeling them as terrorists in order to justify counter-terrorism measures and repression.
Evidence 01: Syrian Intelligence Report on Algerian Counter-Revolution Strategies
A Syrian intelligence memo from 2011, titled “The Algerian Experience and How to Benefit from It,” details a meeting between a Syrian intelligence envoy and Chafik Mesbah, a former senior Algerian intelligence officer. The memo highlights Mesbah’s advice on counter-revolutionary tactics based on Algeria’s handling of the 1992 Islamist insurgency.
The document discusses:
- Mesbah emphasized reframing opposition movements as terrorist threats, exploiting global and U.S. fears of extremism to justify state violence.
- He detailed how Algeria successfully turned international attention away from its military coup by portraying it as a war against terrorism.
- The memo credits Algeria’s military for creating parallel opposition groups and orchestrating false-flag operations to delegitimize genuine protests.
- Mesbah argued that such methods, including fabricating extremist threats, were essential to suppress dissent and gain international support, and without which the Algerian coup would not have been successful.
The report concludes with Syrian intelligence proposing a deeper study of Algeria’s methods to apply similar strategies in Syria.
Evidence 02: Algerian Approval for Counter-Terrorism Collaboration
A second leaked document from 2011 confirms Algeria’s formal approval to consider a Syrian request for assistance in counter-terrorism efforts. It outlines:
- A proposal for Algerian intelligence officers and counter-terrorism experts to train Syrian officials.
- The document, dated November 3, 2011, acknowledges Algeria’s willingness to share expertise in suppressing insurgencies, particularly through intelligence operations.
- Although presented as counter-terrorism collaboration, the methods described align with the tactics outlined in the first document, suggesting a strategic framework to stifle popular uprisings under the guise of counter-terrorism.
This document shows a formalized channel of support between the Algerian and Syrian regimes.
Evidence Anouar Malek’s Testimony on Mahrez Djeribi
Anouar Malek, who served as an Arab League observer during the Syrian uprising in 2011, provided firsthand accounts of systematic interference by Algerian intelligence embedded within the monitoring mission. In his testimony, Malek singled out Mahrez Djeribi, now Director of Algeria’s Central Security Directorate (DCSA), for his role in manipulating observer reports.
Key details from Malek’s account:
- Djeribi, then a colonel, worked to alter monitoring reports to downplay Assad’s atrocities and portray the uprising as a terrorist movement.
- Observer findings were reportedly routed through Algerian intelligence before being submitted to the Arab League, ensuring regime-friendly narratives.
- Malek claimed that when he refused to comply with these manipulations, he received death threats and was forced to flee.
Documents in Arabic:
Leaked intelligence memo from 2011 reveals discussions between Syrian and Algerian officials, including advice from former Algerian intelligence officer Chafik Mesbah on reframing dissent as terrorism and using counterinsurgency tactics to suppress opposition movements. Source: Anouar Malek.
Strategic recommendations from 2011 Algerian-Syrian intelligence meetings, outlining plans for further collaboration and operational tactics to counter opposition forces, with a focus on exporting Algeria’s counterterrorism expertise. Source: Anouar Malek.
Leaked memo reveals Algeria’s conditional approval in 2011 to send specialized intelligence and counterterrorism officers to Syria for training programs, reflecting deep security cooperation between the two regimes during the height of the Syrian uprising. Source: Anouar Malek.
Documents in English:
Leaked intelligence memo from 2011 reveals discussions between Syrian and Algerian officials, including advice from former Algerian intelligence officer Chafik Mesbah on reframing dissent as terrorism and using counterinsurgency tactics to suppress opposition movements. Source: Anouar Malek.
Strategic recommendations from 2011 Algerian-Syrian intelligence meetings, outlining plans for further collaboration and operational tactics to counter opposition forces, with a focus on exporting Algeria’s counterterrorism expertise. Source: Anouar Malek.
Leaked memo reveals Algeria’s conditional approval in 2011 to send specialized intelligence and counterterrorism officers to Syria for training programs, reflecting deep security cooperation between the two regimes during the height of the Syrian uprising. Source: Anouar Malek.