MENLO PARK, California --- Tech giant Google collaborated with Al-Jazeera to develop an interactive online tool to encourage defections during the Syrian civil war, according to emails in WikiLeaks’ archive of Hillary Clinton’s emails. “Please keep close hold, but my team is planning to launch a tool on Sunday that will publicly track and map
WikiLeaks: Google & Al-Jazeera Encouraged Civil War In Syria
Together with Al-Jazeera, Google developed a tool to track defections in Syria, hoping to encourage more former Assad allies to join the civil war.
![FILE - In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 file photo, a man carries a boy who was severely wounded during heavy fighting between Syrian rebels and Syrian Army forces in Idlib, north Syria. More than two years into Syria's civil war, the once highly-centralized authoritarian state has effectively split into three distinct parts, each boasting its own flags, security agencies and judicial system. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)](https://www.mintpressnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/081213_Al_qaida_16x9-1148x644.jpg)