Pages and accounts on social media circulated a video claiming it was recent and documented a speech by one of the Arab tribesmen in the presence of a group of tribal forces fighters in the Tal Hamis district of the Qamishli countryside.
The fact-checking team traced the circulating claim by verifying the clip's publication date and comparing it with the timeline of events, and found that the video dates to 18 June 2026 and documents a gathering of tribesmen in the Tal Hamis district protesting corruption and living conditions and demanding accountability for the corrupt, and is not linked to any recent military event or new field developments in the area.
Why is this claim misleading?
Out of temporal context: An old clip dating to June 2026 was tied to current events in the area that do not match its original context, suggesting a new field development that did not occur.
