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AlArabiya Misleads its Audience with False Information on Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport

AlArabiya Misleads its Audience with False Information on Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport

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  • 04-20

Saudi TV news channel Al-Arabiya has posted video footage that shows construction work in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport’s runway. “The coronavirus has eliminated air traffic...

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Did France Forcibly Discharge Naturalized French Patients from Hospitals to Admit Citizens of French Descent?

Did France Forcibly Discharge Naturalized French Patients from Hospitals to Admit Citizens of French Descent?

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  • 04-17

Activists on social media have recently circulated news that France had forced French citizens of foreign origins to leave hospitals to make room for citizens of French descent, posting pi...

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Have Turkish Authorities Decided to Impose Curfew Next Week?

Have Turkish Authorities Decided to Impose Curfew Next Week?

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  • 04-17

Twitter users have claimed that Turkish authorities had decided to impose a four-day-curfew from April 23 to April 26. A Twitter user named “GASTECİ” posted the news with what...

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Footage Isn’t of “Russian Officer Who Killed Himself After Getting Infected with Coronavirus”

Footage Isn’t of “Russian Officer Who Killed Himself After Getting Infected with Coronavirus”

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  • 04-11

A number of social media pages and profiles have circulated footage of a man carrying a knife on the street while two men dressed in police uniform were trying to calm him down. The man th...

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Was Shiite Banner “O what remains [lawful] from Allah” Raised in Damascus?

Was Shiite Banner “O what remains [lawful] from Allah” Raised in Damascus?

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  • 04-10

News channels, social media news pages and users have posted Friday April 10 footage of men dressed in military uniform performing a salute on a hill on which a red banner reading “O...

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Fake FB Page behind Death Rumour of Former Member of Assad’s “Parliament”

Fake FB Page behind Death Rumour of Former Member of Assad’s “Parliament”

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  • 04-09

Social media news pages and users have circulated claims that Sharief Shehadeh, Syrian journalist and former member of Assad’s so-called parliament, had died due to Covid-19, citing...

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Fabricated Statement attributed to Le Pen: “We Won’t Admit Arab Officials to (Frane’s) Hospitals.”

Fabricated Statement attributed to Le Pen: “We Won’t Admit Arab Officials to (Frane’s) Hospitals.”

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  • 03-25

News websites and social media pages and users have recently circulated a statement attributed to a far-right french politician, claiming that she said she won’t “admit any Ara...

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Has Russia Unleashed Lions on Streets to Force Home Quarantine due to Coronavirus?

Has Russia Unleashed Lions on Streets to Force Home Quarantine due to Coronavirus?

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  • 03-23

Websites and social media pages have claimed on Monday March 22, 2020, that Russian authorities unleashed lions on the streets to intimidate people and force them to home quarantine to pre...

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Did Saddam Hussein Talk about Coronavirus?

Did Saddam Hussein Talk about Coronavirus?

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  • 03-18

Footage in which Saddam Hussein appears with Iraqi military officers have been circulated on social media with headlines and comments suggesting that Saddam Hussein talked about the novel...

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