Damascus residents celebrate Dec. 9, 2024, after Islamist-led rebels declared they had taken the Syrian capital. (Credit: Bakr Alkassem/AFP)
False claims have massively spread, especially on social media, since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime: A man attacked in front of his child for being part of the Alawite community, the Aleppo music institute closed on a decision by the new Syrian leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, intent on applying Islamic law, activists linked to the new Syrian administration storm upon the town of Maaloula, in the Damascus countryside, to expel the predominantly Christian population to establish an Islamic emirate. Behind this "fake news," the objective is clear according to Zouhair Al Shimale, communications director of the fact-checking online platform Verify.sy: "Destabilize Syria by keeping it in a state of turmoil and security uncertainty while sowing sectarian discord, ultimately to delay or derail the democratic...
False claims have massively spread, especially on social media, since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime: A man attacked in front of his child for being part of the Alawite community, the Aleppo music institute closed on a decision by the new Syrian leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, intent on applying Islamic law, activists linked to the new Syrian administration storm upon the town of Maaloula, in the Damascus countryside, to expel the predominantly Christian population to establish an Islamic emirate. Behind this "fake news," the objective is clear according to Zouhair Al Shimale, communications director of the fact-checking online platform Verify.sy: "Destabilize Syria by keeping it in a state of turmoil and security uncertainty while sowing sectarian discord, ultimately to delay or derail the democratic...