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FACT CHECK: Video Claims To Show Aftermath Of Airstrikes On Syrian Rebels

video Shared by X It claims to show the aftermath of an airstrike against Syrian rebels.

Verdict: False

The original video appears to have been filmed in 2021 and purports to show Hezbollah being attacked by Israel.

Fact check:

Syrian rebels have seized large swathes of territory from dictator Bashar al-Assad in northern Syria, including the city of Aleppo, news agencies said. NPR.

Social media users claim the image shows Syrian rebels being hit by an airstrike, possibly by the Syrian regime or Russian forces. (Related: Pictured is Leonardo DiCaprio and his niece, not Greta Thunberg)

Urgent Now…God is Great The annihilation of hundreds of terrorists by Idlib fighter jets destroyed three columns of the terrorist organization consisting of dozens of vehicles and vehicles loaded with ammunition, equipment, and terrorist elements in the eastern countryside of Idlib, resulting in the complete destruction of the column. ,” one user wrote in a post. .

This claim is false. Check Your Fact discovered through a reverse image search that the video was from March 2021. The poster described himself as an “independent journalist” and said this was an Israeli attack.

#Hezbollah We are investigating the exact trajectory of the live trajectory. #missile A fire actually broke out in the north #Syria. Israel is careful about destroying precision kit. #Iran Going to Lebanon, passing through Iraqi and Syrian lands,” the tweet said.

This video is from before 2021. We rate the original claim FALSE.

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