Claim 1: Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad died in a plane crash. Claim 2: A video shows the ousted president’s plane engulfed in flames after a crash. Fact 1: Assad did not die in a plane crash. Instead, he was granted asylum in Russia, along with his family, on humanitarian grounds, news reports confirmed on […]
Claim: The first image of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Russia has emerged, who fled after rebels took over Damascus. Fact: While the Kremlin has confirmed Assad’s arrival in Russia, the image is unrelated. The image shows Assad and his wife visiting Aleppo in February 2023, after a deadly earthquake hit Turkey and its […]