# Assad emails: the key correspondents
**Category:** assad_email_context  
**URL:** https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/14/assad-emails-key-correspondents  
**Local extracted archive:** `../archived/extracted/guardian-assad-emails-key-correspondents.md`  
**Local raw captures:** `../archived/raw/guardian-assad-emails-key-correspondents.guardian-api.json`, `../archived/raw/guardian-assad-emails-key-correspondents.live.html`  
**Why it matters:** Maps the small influential circle around Bashar al-Assad in the leaked email cache, including Sheherazad Jaafari, Hadeel al-Ali, Luna Chebel, Fawaz Akhras, and Asma al-Assad.
## Use
- Treat as a research source, not as verified final film fact without cross-checking.
- Pull citations from the local extracted archive and, where necessary, the raw capture.