Fact checks featuring claims seen in the UK about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East
Syria's ousted president is reportedly in Moscow, but the picture being shared is old and shows him in Syria. Read
Posts on social media have been sharing a video game clip and unrelated footage with claims they show attacks from Yemen on the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea. Read
Full Fact traced a video circulating on social media back to reports of a factory fire in Hebron in the West Bank in February. Read
Apsana Begum MP did not write an article for the Guardian with the headline “Gaza will rise from the ashes to become a city of the future to rival Bradford”. Read
Last year Barcelona City Council voted to suspend institutional ties with the current Israeli government. But this did not involve the football club. Read
Hezbollah claimed it launched a drone attack on a military base in Tel Aviv recently but there were no indications any drones reached central Israel. Read
The fake images do not include Mr Tyson’s tattoo on his chest and depict the Palestinian flag incorrectly. Read
The video showing a ship ablaze has been shared to suggest it was attacked by the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group. Read
Posts on social media falsely claim a clip shows refugees unfurling a Palestinian flag in Greece, but it’s actually the Sudanese flag. Read
The footage shows a blaze aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020, not a recent attack. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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