FACT CHECK: Video Claims To Show New Syrian Government Fighting

A video shared on X claims to show Syria’s new government fighting.

First official meeting held by the newly appointed Syrian “government”! pic.twitter.com/OT3s8keCXD

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Verdict: Misleading

The video is from August 2024, before the new Syrian government was put into place. It appears the video was taken in rebel-held territory, before the fall of the Assad government.

Fact Check:

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appealed for countries to unite behind a new Syrian government, days after a rebel alliance led by a Sunni Islamist group toppled longtime strongman Bashar Al-Assad’s government, according to The New York Times.

Social media users are claiming to show the new Syrian government fighting amongst each other. One user wrote, “First official meeting held by the newly appointed Syrian ‘government’!”

This claim is misleading. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found that the video is from August 2024. It was shared to Facebook. (RELATED: Ben Shapiro Didn’t Say That Syrian Christians Potential Slaughter Was A ‘Good Thing’)

“Friendly Advice…Next time you have a meeting, it’s better to hand out boxing gloves at the door instead of pens and paper. Obviously some disagreements need to be resolved ‘directly’!” reads part of the post.

Syria HR reported that the video took place in rebel-held territory.

“The city of Afrin, north of Aleppo, witnessed a fistfight inside the Gaziantep University branch between a delegation headed by the Minister of Justice in the ‘Syrian Interim Government’ Haboush Lata, and a group of lawyers affiliated with the ‘Free Lawyers Council,’” reported the website.

The new transitional government was put into place in recent days, with Mohammed al-Bashir, named as Prime Minister, according to BBC News. This means the “newly appointed Syrian government” was put into place within December.