Pages and accounts on social media circulated a post claiming, citing "well-informed and reliable sources," that Israel had informed the Syrian government of the need to withdraw from the villages and towns it controls in As-Suwayda governorate, giving it a deadline ending at the end of December this year.
The Kashaf team reviewed the official sources and statements issued by the relevant bodies, conducted extensive keyword searches in both Arabic and Hebrew, and reviewed coverage in Israeli and international media, and found no official announcement or statement confirming that Israel had informed the Syrian government of a deadline to withdraw from villages or towns in As-Suwayda governorate. The claim was found to rest on the phrase "well-informed and reliable sources" without attaching any verifiable document, statement, or specific source, noting that news of this scale would have been expected to receive wide coverage and official responses, which were not recorded up to the date of verification.
Why is this claim false?
Fabricated news: The claim relied on attributing information to anonymous "well-informed and reliable sources" without any document or official statement, to lend an air of credibility to a report with no basis, in order to suggest a political and military development that no official body had announced.
