Accounts and pages on social media, including the al-Araby TV channel, circulated a video claiming to document a number of trucks entering the al-Kiswah silos in Rif Dimashq through a sheikh, alleging that this bypassed the approved queue system for receiving wheat.
The fact-checking team reviewed the relevant official sources and found a clarification from Hassan al-Ahmad, media director at the Ministry of Economy and Industry, confirming that the trucks shown in the clip belong to the General Establishment for Grains and were transporting wheat the Establishment had purchased from Hasakah province to Rif Dimashq and Homs, as part of an approved distribution plan aimed at managing stock, easing pressure on receiving centers, and ensuring the smooth flow of transport and storage according to operational needs.
Why is this claim misleading?
An inaccurate interpretation: A clip of a routine, official wheat transfer was paired with a narrative alleging favoritism and queue-jumping, contradicting the official context of the incident and implying a violation that did not occur.
