Pages and accounts on social media circulated a statement attributed to the Defense Ministry spokesman, Hassan Abdel Ghani, presenting it as having been issued by the Al-Ikhbariya channel. The statement included phrases about an imminent decisive move and the consequences of what it described as provocation at Mount Hermon, alongside a reference to the forces and tribes that had backed As-Suwayda.
The fact-checking team reviewed the official sources of the Ministry of Defense, followed what official media outlets and relevant open sources had published, and searched the official accounts and platforms of the Al-Ikhbariya channel. No statement or report was found confirming that the circulating content was issued by the Defense Ministry spokesman or published by the channel.
Why is this claim false?
Fabricated statements: The claim rested on attributing to the Defense Ministry spokesman a statement that exists in no official source, and on crediting it to a well-known news channel to lend it a veneer of credibility, in order to suggest that a military escalation at Mount Hermon was imminent.
