Viral videos falsely attributed to Houthi attacks are military drills and unrelated fires, fact-checkers find
France 24 Observers debunks multiple videos circulating on social media that misrepresent 2024 Houthi military exercises and unrelated fires as recent rebel attacks.
A widely shared video on X purporting to show Houthi rebels ambushing Saudi-backed mercenaries is actually footage of 2024 Houthi military drills, according to France 24's fact-checking team. The clip was edited with football commentary and doctored imagery, with blurred flags originally depicting Israel, the UK and the US rather than Saudi Arabia, the Observers found.
Other viral videos falsely linked to Houthi attacks on a Saudi Aramco refinery were traced by fact-checkers to unrelated fires in Texas and Russia, demonstrating a pattern of misattribution and manipulation in online claims about the conflict.
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- Yemen: Fact-checking videos claiming to show Houthi rebel attacks — France 24 — English
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