Accounts on social media circulated a video claiming it was recent and that it showed the Syrian army sending military reinforcements to the city of Al-Hasakah.
The fact-checking team at Kashaf carried out a digital trace that included converting the video into still frames and running a reverse image search using Google Lens, alongside tracing older copies of the clip, their publication dates and the contexts that accompanied their circulation, and found that the video was published on 15 July 2026 as footage of members of the General Security forces, special missions, in the town of Tal Brak in Al-Hasakah province while carrying out their field duties in the area.
Why is this claim misleading?
Out of temporal context: Those who posted it recycled a clip already published in July 2026 showing members of the General Security forces in the town of Tal Brak, and presented it as recent Syrian army military reinforcements heading to the city of Al-Hasakah, to suggest a field escalation that did not take place.
