1 Asterisks indicate that the first names of those giving testimony have been modified.
2 https://ahdb.org.uk/news/impact-of-russia-pulling-out-of-black-sea-initiative-grain-market-daily
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/world/middleeast/the-man-behind-the-casualty-figures-in-syria.html?auth=login-google1tap&login=google1tap
4 See, for example, Turkey: NATO’s Islamic State Member https://ekurd.net/turkey-natos-islamic-state-member-2019-02-21
5 https://renegadeinc.com/white-helmets-or-whitewash/
6 https://syriapropagandamedia.org/james-le-mesurier-a-reconstruction-of-his-business-activities-and-covert-role
7 https://www.odatv4.com/analiz/iste-suriyeyi-karistiran-orgutun-turkiyedeki-sirketi-12091809-146302
8 After an SFO investigation into fraud and bribery Asfari who built the company had to stand down as CEO late in 2020 but remained on the board. Of interest the Guardian noted: “Petrofac and its peers were briefly stock market darlings a decade ago before a declining oil price hit shares. The stock has fallen 80% since the SFO opened its investigation.The affair threw a spotlight on two former prime ministers’ links to the company. In 2017, David Cameron promoted the company during a two-day stay in Bahrain, flying back from the country on a plane owned by Asfari. Theresa May wrote to her Bahraini counterpart to support Petrofac’s bid for a contract in the country during her tenure in Downing Street. Petrofac did not ultimately land the contract. Asfari has, with his wife, given about £800,000 to the Conservative party.
9 https://carnegieendowment.org/2016/09/27/white-helmets-film-screening-and-discussion-event-5374
10 https://thegrayzone.com/2016/10/02/syria-campaign-pr-firm-lobbying-regime-change/
11 https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/why-assad-and-russia-target-the-white-helmets/
12 https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-c-nolan/?originalSubdomain=uk
13 https://thegrayzone.com/2016/10/02/syria-campaign-pr-firm-lobbying-regime-change/
14 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8934683/Ex-British-Army-White-Helmets-trainer-Istanbul-balcony-fall-did-kill-wasnt-murdered.html
15 See BBC Podcast: Mayday: Investigating The Life And Death Of James Le Mesurier, presented by Chloe Hadjimatheou
16 https://medium.com/dfrlab/tracking-narratives-around-james-le-mesurier-and-the-white-helmets-40b767cc6cf5
17 Emma Winberg’s former Linkedin profile for that period is no longer available and has been changed to Emma Le Mesurier where her recent work history can be seen.
18 https://thecommunists.org/2020/10/16/news/dirty-british-propaganda-war-against-syria-exposed/
19 https://thecommunists.org/2020/10/16/news/dirty-british-propaganda-war-against-syria-exposed/
20 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-uk-government-probing-cyber-attack-over-syria-propaganda-leaks
21 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-how-british-media-operation-sought-turn-alawites-against-assad
22 https://syriapropagandamedia.org/james-le-mesurier-a-reconstruction-of-his-business-activities-and-covert-role
23 https://www.olivegroup.training/our-international-courses/
24 https://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/tag/olive-group/
25 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/…
26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U10p3Tn9V5Y
27 Guardian News, 14 November 2019: Donald Trump has insisted the US military presence in Syria is ‘only for the oil’
28 https://ekurd.net/business-with-isis-updated-2022-10-25
29 https://thepressproject.gr/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling/
30 https://www.voanews.com/a/jihadist-group-takes-over-strategic-town-in-northwest-syria/6788541.html
31 https://mtholding.com.tr/chairmans-message
32 See for example, https://www.reuters.com/article/turkey-stocks-etf-idINL8N1TH3QE
33 https://www.tupras.com.tr/rafineriler
34 https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/oil/tupras-refutes-involvement-in-any-illegal-oil-trade/8179
35 https://npasyria.com/en/86406/
36 https://npasyria.com/en/101417/
37 https://gavtv.net/en/4627
38 https://presidency.gov.krd/en/president-nechirvan-barzani-i-call-on-sayyid-muqtada-al-sadr-to-start-comprehensive-talks-with-all-political-parties/
39 https://freedomhouse.org/country/iraq/freedom-net/2022
40 Ibid.
41 https://anfenglish.com/news/relatives-of-martyrs-in-rojava-barzani-family-s-support-for-erdogan-breaks-our-heart-67493
42 https://anfenglish.com/rojava-syria/occupation-forces-attack-a-village-in-til-temir-68386
43 https://agsiw.org/turkeys-spymaster-turned-foreign-minister-could-reshape-iraq-policy/

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