Cyberwar Syria's Cyber Battlefields (Season 1, Episode 5)
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TV Episode | 22 min | Documentary

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Cyberwar

Syria's Cyber Battlefields (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 22 min | Documentary

On the frontlines of one of the world's bloodiest conflicts, a parallel war is being fought in cyberspace. Is Syria's cyber battlefield creating a model for the wars of the future?

Showrunner

Ilse Fernandez (as Isle Fernandez)

Director

Elaisha Stokes

Writers

Ben Makuch (written by) | Elaisha Stokes | Benjamin Tucker (written by)

Producers

Dylan Reibling (producer) | Elaisha Stokes (producer)

Composers

Joseph Murray | Menalon Music | Lodewijk Vos

Cinematographer

Mike McLaughlin (director of photography)

Editor

Maureen Grant (as M. Grant)

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Edit Released

Updated Aug 2, 2016

Release date

Aug 2, 2016 (United States)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Ben Makuch Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Best of VICE Canada (2015)
Robert Ford Self - Former Ambassador to Syria, US State Department Self - Former Ambassador to Syria, US State Department See fewer	Little Gandhi (2016)
Dlshad Othman Self - Cyber Security Engineer, The Information Safety & Capacity Project Self - Cyber Security Engineer, The Information Safety & Capacity Project See fewer	Cyberwar (2016)
Brian Merchant Self - Senior Editor, Motherboard Self - Senior Editor, Motherboard See fewer	Tech News Weekly (2017)
Eva Galperin Self - Global Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Self - Global Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Nart Villeneuve Self - Principle Threat Intelligence Analyst, FireEye Self - Principle Threat Intelligence Analyst, FireEye See fewer	Cyberwar (2016)
Rami Abdul Rahman Self - Founder, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Self - Founder, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights See fewer	Arte Journal (1998)
MLT Self - Hacker, TeaMp0isoN Self - Hacker, TeaMp0isoN See fewer	Cyberwar (2016)
Hamoud Almousa Self - Journalist and Activist, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (voice) (as Hamood Almossa) Self - Journalist and Activist, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (voice) (as Hamood Almossa) See fewer	City of Ghosts (2017)
Ahmed Al Agha Self - Hacker for Syrian Electronic Army (archive footage) (as Ahmed Al Agha aka The Pro) Self - Hacker for Syrian Electronic Army (archive footage) (as Ahmed Al Agha aka The Pro) See fewer
Bashar al-Assad Self - President of Syria (archive footage) Self - President of Syria (archive footage) See fewer	Cries from Syria (2017)
Tony Blair Self - Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom (archive footage) See fewer	The Simpsons (1989)
Junaid Hussain Self - Black Hat Hacker for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (archive footage) (as Junaid Hussain aka Abu Hussain al-Britani) Self - Black Hat Hacker for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (archive footage) (as Junaid Hussain aka Abu Hussain al-Britani) See fewer