Pages and accounts on social media circulated a report alleging that the Syrian Ministry of Defense had dispatched Brigadier Mohamed Al-Saud, whom it described as being of Egyptian nationality, to receive the commander of the naval forces in the Turkish army.
The fact-checking team contacted an official source at the Ministry of Defense directly. The source denied the circulating reports entirely, confirming that Brigadier Mohamed Al-Saud is from Homs Governorate and does not hold Egyptian nationality as stated in the claim. The source clarified that what was circulated is not based on any official information or statements issued by the ministry.
Why is this claim misleading?
An error in identity attribution: The claim ascribed to Brigadier Mohamed Al-Saud an Egyptian nationality that he does not hold and linked his name to an unofficial account about the Ministry of Defense, in order to raise doubts about the identity of officers in the military institution and mislead public opinion.
