A post spread on social media platforms alleging that the aide of the Syrian defense minister was kidnapped, with the kidnappers demanding a ransom from the ministry to release him.
The Kashaf platform contacted a responsible source at the Media and Communication Department of the Syrian Ministry of Defense to verify the validity of the circulating report. In a special statement, the source completely denied this news, confirmed that no kidnapping incident of the Syrian defense minister’s aide occurred during his travel between the cities of Aleppo and Hama, and stressed that these allegations are baseless.
Why is this claim false?
A false claim: An official denial from the Ministry of Defense’s Media and Communication Department rules out the occurrence of the alleged incident entirely.
