Inside Syria’s Secret Security Economy: Leaked Documents Reveal Corruption, Surveillance, and Seized Dollars - The Syrian Observer

Inside Syria’s Secret Security Economy: Leaked Documents Reveal Corruption, Surveillance, and Seized Dollars - The Syrian Observer

Based on hundreds of leaked documents, a new investigation sheds light on how the intelligence services operate outside the formal state apparatus—financially, administratively, and politically. At first glance, the branch’s paperwork appears clumsy and bureaucratic. But beneath the surface lies a system that controls the lives of thousands. Branch 251 runs on its own budget, separate from official state finances, and funds itself through inform…