“The visuals showing uniformed individuals opening a 500-year-old Torah manuscript found in the basement of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s residence.”
What FACTLY found
The viral video shows Tunisian authorities seizing a rare 15th-century Torah manuscript in Ben Arous, Tunisia, from smugglers on 10 March 2017. The manuscript, made of calfskin and spanning 37 meters, contains all five books of the Torah in their ancient form. The video has no connection to Syria or Bashar al-Assad
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 December 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 December 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.