I just now looked and noticed the journalist interviewed here also tells about his participation in a small pro-Assad info op, too, i.e., a bit of Douma denialism, an old Grayzone (or should I say Roublezone) favorite. Disgusting how low the Exile(d) has fallen.
I still remember when The Exiled were openly derisive of Assange. Now that they represent the same scene of broadly tankie-ish anti-American populism (not speculating on their reasons or connections to any regimes...), it seems it's a love affair.