Thread by @trbrtc

This is NOT recent footage of the #SyriaStrikes, but recycled footage from May *2013* from an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Jamraya Research Center in Damascus.

This video is being shared countless of times as showing today's #SyriaStrikes in Damascus, but guess what? It's not — the footage shows shelling in the Ukrainian city of Luhansk in February 2015.

This video is being shared many times too, claiming to show today's #SyriaStrikes on the Jamraya Research Centre in Damascus. The footage does appear to show that location, but not in 2018 — this was broadcast in May 2013 after an alleged Israeli strike.

This video is being shared as showing air defences firing at today's incoming #SyriaStrikes in Damascus, but guess what? That's not the case — the footage shows Saudi Patriot missiles intercepting an apparent Houthi missile over Riyadh last month.

This video also claims to show Syrian air defences at work against today's incoming #SyriaStrikes. But again, that's not the case. The video was uploaded already four years ago and appears to be related to the 2014 Gaza-Israel conflict.

Hey @MSNBC, the video you just broadcast as being from today's #SyriaStrikes in Damascus was actually filmed in the Ukrainian city of Luhansk over three years ago.

Really. How hard is it to either (1) fact-check videos before broadcasting them or (2) deciding not to broadcast them if you can't verify the content? Here's a @Bellingcat guide on advanced video verification: bellingcat.com/resources/how-…. And h/t @TheAvroPost for the screenshot.

What's worse than sharing old videos as being from today's #SyriaStrikes? Sharing old images — a reverse image search literally takes a few seconds. This image is from the first wave of attacks on March 21, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.

This image is being shared as showing a Russian S-300 targeted by #SyriaStrikes — while it indeed shows that specific long range surface-to-air missile system, it is actually an *inverted* image from August 2016 when a S-300 failed during an exercise. shaked-il.livejournal.com/127362.html

Hey @skynewsarabia, you're broadcasting a four-year-old video as being from today's #SyriaStrikes in Damascus.

This picture is being shared as showing a by Syria intercepted American/British/French missile of the #SyriaStrikes. But it doesn't look like any of that. Instead, it strongly resembles a Soviet air-to-air missile, the AA-6 ACRID R-40. H/t @pfc_joker.

The parts of (two) AA-6 ACRID R-40 air-to-air missiles may actually just be junk at for example Tiyas Military Airport, and may not have been fired at all.

And of course, there is more.