Translation of Syrian State TV Report On Cuneyt Unal, the Journalist Presented as Combatant. The subtitles, from the Arabic, of the broadcast on the government-run “news.” 0:02 Cuneyt Unal… Illegal entry to Syria [An image of Mr. Unal with an RPG-7 was shown here.] 0:12 My name is Cuneyt Unal 0:15 I came from Istanbul by plane then 0:18 I met with an armed group and left 0:23 to Kilis then we moved to Azaz… 0:26 with the group.. and all of them had weapons 0:29 The armed group had Libyans, Qataris, Chechens and Saudis 0:34 Then we moved to Marea…then with the armed group to Aleppo 0:44 There we met another armed group called “Al Tawhid Brigade” 0:58 We moved with them to “Al Sakhour” (a neighbourhood inside Aleppo) where armed Chechens were  1:04 …and also Saudis, Qataris, and Libyans. Then I moved with them to “Al Midan” inside Aleppo. 1:16 And there a fight took place with the “Syrian Arab Army” and I was arrested and brought here. At no time does the broadcast share with its viewers that Mr. Unal, a Turkish citizen, is a journalist. Nor does it mention the fate of Bashar Fahmi, his missing colleague from al-Hurra. The broadcast began with a photograph purporting to show Mr. Unal wielding an RPG. The image appears to have been doctored. Translation by Wasim Sabbagh. [Thank you, Wasim.] ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPH Screen grab from the same report, showing bruising around Mr. Unal’s eyes.

Translation of Syrian State TV Report On Cuneyt Unal, the Journalist Presented as Combatant.

The subtitles, from the Arabic, of the broadcast on the government-run “news.”

0:02 Cuneyt Unal… Illegal entry to Syria [An image of Mr. Unal with an RPG-7 was shown here.]

0:12 My name is Cuneyt Unal

0:15 I came from Istanbul by plane then

0:18 I met with an armed group and left

0:23 to Kilis then we moved to Azaz…

0:26 with the group.. and all of them had weapons

0:29 The armed group had Libyans, Qataris, Chechens and Saudis

0:34 Then we moved to Marea…then with the armed group to Aleppo

0:44 There we met another armed group called “Al Tawhid Brigade”

0:58 We moved with them to “Al Sakhour” (a neighbourhood inside Aleppo) where armed Chechens were 

1:04 …and also Saudis, Qataris, and Libyans. Then I moved with them to “Al Midan” inside Aleppo.

1:16 And there a fight took place with the “Syrian Arab Army” and I was arrested and brought here.

At no time does the broadcast share with its viewers that Mr. Unal, a Turkish citizen, is a journalist. Nor does it mention the fate of Bashar Fahmi, his missing colleague from al-Hurra. The broadcast began with a photograph purporting to show Mr. Unal wielding an RPG. The image appears to have been doctored.

Translation by Wasim Sabbagh. [Thank you, Wasim.]

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPH

Screen grab from the same report, showing bruising around Mr. Unal’s eyes.

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