Pages and accounts on social media circulated a claim alleging that violent clashes had broken out on the Syria-Iraq border between Syrian forces and the Iraqi "Popular Mobilization."
The fact-checking team reviewed official sources and statements issued by the relevant authorities in Syria and Iraq, and monitored the latest information published about the situation on the ground, and found no official announcement or confirmation of any clashes or military confrontations between the two sides on the border.
Why is this claim false?
Fabricating field news: The claim rested on a field report unsupported by any reliable information or official data, presented as a current military development to imply an escalation on the Syria-Iraq border.
