Lobbying 2016: Brits, Saudis help Assad foes get their message through to Washington
The British government is picking up the Western-backed opposition’s $1.4 million annual tab influencing policymakers in Washington and at the American United Nations mission in New York, Justice Department records reveal. And Saudi Arabia helps get the rebel point of view in the media via the kingdom’s $8 million contract with PR giant MSL Group (formerly Qorvis).
The nonprofit Syrian Emergency Task Force, meanwhile, has relied on anonymous private donors and US and other government grants to continue building support for the revolution to overthrow Bashar al-Assad.
