On Saturday, April 5, local pages and social media accounts circulated a claim that camps had been established in northern Syria to accommodate residents of Gaza. This purportedly occurred north of Al-Bab city in Aleppo's countryside, following an official agreement to relocate Gaza's residents to Syria and Jordan.
اقرأ المزيدSocial media users recently circulated a false claim alleging that UN Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen accused the Syrian Ministry of Defense of overseeing massacres in the coastal region. The posts claimed Pedersen said, “The forces that entered the Syrian coast and killed civilians and wiped out entire families were under the supervision of the Syrian Ministry of Defense, and among them were foreigners.” This claim is misleading.
اقرأ المزيدArab news websites claimed that Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, spoke for the first time after the regime's fall and "broke her silence," based on posts published via an account on X (formerly Twitter) bearing the name and photo of Asma al-Assad. However, this claim is misleading, as it was found that the mentioned account is fake and was promoted by a fraudulent channel under the name of Hafez, the son of Bashar al-Assad.
اقرأ المزيدJournalist Alastair Campbell, in a discussion with his colleague Rory Stewart following their interview with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa on The Rest Is Politics podcast, claimed that Al-Sharaa entered Syria from Iraq alongside Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaybani. However, this claim is false. Later, Syrian journalist Mohammed Al-Faisal stated on Facebook that Campbell and Stewart attributed the claim about Al-Shaybani’s presence in Iraq to their interview with Al-Sharaa, suggesting that the information came directly from the president. However, this is also false, as Al-Sharaa never made such a statement during the interview.
اقرأ المزيدA claim recently circulated on social media, alleging that Edward Fouad Al-Dobie, a Christian civilian, died of a heart attack after being beaten and threatened by security forces of the new Syrian administration. However, this claim is misleading. Al-Dobie suffered a heart attack while authorities were present in response to a complaint against him, but he was not assaulted or threatened. In fact, the authorities assisted him and took him to Al-Mujtahed Hospital, where he later passed away. The claims also suggested that the incident was linked to Al-Dobie’s ownership of a café, with the authorities allegedly acting on a complaint that the café's opening was prohibited.
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