Syria revokes BBC media accreditation for ‘misleading reports. In Syria, the government has cancelled the BBC’s media accreditation over what it called biased and misleading reports.
Syria’s information ministry in a statement said due to the broadcaster’s failure to adhere to professional standards and its insistence on providing biased and misleading reports, it has decided to cancel the accreditation of the BBC’s correspondent and cameraman. Accreditation of the BBC Radio correspondent in Syria was also revoked.
The Ministry did not specify which reports it was acting on. However, the BBC published a report last month on what it said were direct links between the trade of an amphetamine known as captagon and the family of the president, Bashar al-Assad, as well as the Syrian military. Syrian government has previously denied playing a role in the captagon trade.
A spokesperson for the British broadcaster, said that BBC News Arabic provides impartial independent journalism and speaks to people across the political spectrum to establish the facts.
They will continue to provide impartial news and information to the audiences across the Arabic-speaking world. Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine-like drug.
The US, UK and European Union have blamed the Syrian government for the production and export of the drug and listed relatives of Mr Assad as key figures.