Want to get the latest news to your inbox? Sign-up here for our newsletters The claim being checkedA video shows dozens of masked, heavily armed men from the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) parading in Akkar, in northern Lebanon. Who is behind the claim?A video, shared by Lebanese users and viewed nearly 100,000 times on the platform X, shows men in stationary cars bearing the SSNP emblem, with its iconic red whirlwind and black-and-white colors. Many of the accounts sharing the video frequently post content critical of parties affiliated with Hezbollah or aligned with the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Facts and background:According to information from local sources cited by our North Lebanon correspondent, Michel Hallak, a small group of masked, armed men, confirmed to belong to the SSNP,...
Want to get the latest news to your inbox? Sign-up here for our newsletters The claim being checkedA video shows dozens of masked, heavily armed men from the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) parading in Akkar, in northern Lebanon. Who is behind the claim?A video, shared by Lebanese users and viewed nearly 100,000 times on the platform X, shows men in stationary cars bearing the SSNP emblem, with its iconic red whirlwind and black-and-white colors. Many of the accounts sharing the video frequently post content critical of parties affiliated with Hezbollah or aligned with the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Facts and background:According to information from local sources cited by our North Lebanon correspondent, Michel Hallak, a small group of masked, armed men, confirmed to belong to the SSNP,...
