Pages and accounts on social media circulated a report attributed to the "Agence France-Presse" news agency, claiming that "Hezbollah" had opened new routes for smuggling weapons between Syria and Lebanon through the Qalamoun region, in cooperation with commanders in the Syrian Ministry of Defense in exchange for sums of money.
The Kashaf team verified the claim by reviewing the archive of the "Agence France-Presse" news agency and its official platforms, and searching open media sources using the phrases and information contained in the circulating report, and no reliable material was found confirming these allegations or attributing them to the agency.
Why is this claim false?
Imposter source: The report was attributed to the "Agence France-Presse" news agency without it being established that this content came from it, lending the claim false credibility drawn from the agency’s name.
