Claim: Saudi Arabia has reportedly signalled that it will be the Kingdom’s responsibility to protect Iran in the event of an Israeli attack. Fact: Saudi Arabia has not made any such statement. On 25 May 2026, the Facebook page ‘DMS Global’ posted an image of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with the following […]
Claim: The reel shows President Donald Trump leaning over a table and opening a notebook, after which Chinese Leader Xi Jinping walks away. Fact: This claim is false. The notebook in question belongs to President Trump. On 18 May 2026, Facebook user Atta Muhammad Kaloi posted a viral news video with the caption: ‘رمپ کی […]
Claim: A video shows Hezbollah’s attack on a secret Israeli headquarters in May 2026. Fact: The video appeared online in December 2025 and shows a fire that engulfed a market in St. Petersburg, Russia. On 23 May, multiple users posted a video apparently showing a building on fire after Hezbollah’s attack on Israel’s secret base. […]
Claim: A video shows Iran striking a US aircraft carrier early in March 2026. Fact: The video is old and appeared online as early as June 2025; it is not linked to the recent war. Furthermore, fact-checking publications like AFP and Lead Stories concluded that the video is likely not real. Early in March 2026, […]
Claim: The Washington Post reported that US President Donald Trump has accepted Iran as a nuclear power and signed a deal accepting all of Iran’s conditions. Fact: Trump has not signed any deal with Iran and has not accepted the country as a nuclear power. There is no such report by The Washington Post either, […]
Claim: A video shows journalist Fareed Zakaria calling Pakistan a “bridge” between South Asia, Central Asia, Middle East, and the wider Muslim world. Fact: Zakaria has not made any such comments. The audio of the clip is likely AI-generated. On 14 May 2026, a page on X named Strategic Warfare shared a clip of journalist […]
Claim: During an emotional address, Giorgia Meloni stated, “America and Israel are killers of innocent children!! I am a mother, I cannot sit with murderers!!. Fact: Meloni did not make any such statement directly labelling the United States and Israel “killers of innocent children”. Moreover, the video in the claim shows her making speeches in […]
Claim: A video shows Israeli strikes on Lebanon in April 2026. Fact: The clip is old and appeared online as early as November 2023. Multiple users posted a clip apparently showing Israel bombing Lebanon in April 2026. One such Facebook post’s caption claims: “Israel is destroying Lebanon just like it was destroying Gaza…” The clip […]
Claim: A video shows Iran’s strikes on Tel Aviv during the recent US-Israel war with Iran. Fact: The video is old and appeared online as early as November 2025; therefore, it is not linked to the recent war. Moreover, social media posts and some Spanish-language publications linked the footage to an explosion near the Argentinian […]
Claim: A video shows an explosion carried out by Israel near Jerusalem in May 2026. Fact: The video is old and appeared online as early as January 2025. Social media users and credible news organisations have linked it to a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian oil refinery in the city of Ryazan at the […]
Claim: Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said that the US controls Pakistan through its generals because the country’s civilian government and judicial machinery are helpless before the power of the army. Fact: There are no news reports or publicly available evidence to suggest that Hillary Clinton made any such statement. The claim […]
Claim: Al-Aqsa Mosque’s preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sa’id Sabri has called for the release of Pakistan’s incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fact: Sheikh Sabri has not made any remarks in favour of Khan since the latter’s arrest in August 2023. In the first week of May 2026, viral video reports surfaced on Facebook claiming that […]