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I interviewed Flores and Macias at the site of their choice to size them up and decide who came off as truthful and who was full of it.

“Before, the difficulties we faced were about the choices in the script, how truthful you could be about what was going on here,” said Nour Al-Ali, one of the series’ top-billed Syrian actresses.

While such claims are truthful and not breaking any guidelines, Mr Crouch believes "the wording itself is intended to mislead".

Let’s be truthful here ... any time I hear it’s not the money, of course it’s the money.

"Under the guise of protecting public order, it is used to punish anti-war views, criticism of authorities, and the dissemination of information - including truthful information - if it contradicts the official narrative," the lawyers argued.