Claim: The visuals showing uniformed individuals opening a 500-year-old Torah manuscript found in the basement of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's residence.
Fact-check: Old video of a 500-year-old Torah manuscript seized in Tunisia falsely shared as being from Syria - FACTLY
Verdict: 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, hence the claim is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Murshid M
Date published: 2024-12-12T13:38:17