Did Asma al-Assad Break Her Silence and Speak for the First Time After the Fall of the Ousted Regime?

This investigation was translated using artificial intelligence,the original language is Arabic

Arab news websites reported 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 from an account on X (formerly Twitter) bearing the name and photo of Asma al-Assad.

Under the headline "Asma al-Assad Breaks Her Silence and Speaks for the First Time After the Fall of the Regime," the Arabic version of the Russia Today website published a news piece on Monday, February 17, citing a series of posts from the mentioned account, which was promoted by a Telegram channel named after Hafez al-Assad, the son of the ousted Syrian president. The channel claimed that the account attributed to Asma al-Assad would be non-political and aimed to present content reflecting various aspects of her life and humanitarian activities.

 Later, Al-Hadath news channel shared the same content from the account via its social media platforms in a breaking news post stating: "Russia Today publishes on its website a tweet attributed to Asma al-Assad, the first since the fall of the regime." The channel also published another news article on its website titled: "Asma al-Assad Breaks Her Silence for the First Time.. 'The Time Has Come to Tell My Story.'"

Refute the claim

The Verify-sy platform team conducted research to verify the claim that "Asma al-Assad broke her silence for the first time after the fall of the ousted regime," and it was found to be misleading, as the account relied upon by the news websites is fake.

Upon reviewing the channel named "Hafez al-Assad," which promoted Asma al-Assad's account on X, it was discovered that it is a fake channel and not the official one where the ousted president's son appeared on February 13. In his appearance, Hafez ensured that a watermark with the channel's ID was visible throughout the video he posted to confirm its authenticity.

Watermark with Channel ID Conversely, the ID of the channel that promoted the fake account impersonating Asma al-Assad is HafezBAlAssadd, with an extra 'd' added at the end, distinguishing it from the original account.

Hafez Warned About Impersonation Accounts

The ousted president's son had previously warned, in a post on his official channel on February 13, about the existence of accounts impersonating him on X, describing them as fake. He clarified that the platform had banned his account a few hours after his first post, noting that all his attempts to contact the platform's management to reactivate the account had failed, without receiving a clear explanation. This post is the latest published by Hafez al-Assad at the time of writing this report.

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