Operation Sirli : France’s complicity in state crimes in Egypt
Disclose has obtained hundreds of classified French official documents which reveal abuses committed during a secret military operation by France in Egypt. This investigation unveils how France became complicit in aerial strikes against civilians.
Leaked secret military documents obtained by Disclose reveal the existence of a clandestine French intelligence operation, the Sirli mission, used by the Egyptian dictatorship to bomb civilians. Despite numerous warnings, French President François Hollande and then Emmanuel Macron did not stop the operation.
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