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United States Launches Missile Strikes in Syria

Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
April 6, 2017 Dozens of missiles were deployed against a military airfield in an abrupt policy change by the T ...
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Does a Photograph Depict a 5-Year-Old Syrian Girl Handcuffed at Dulles Airport?

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Kim LaCapria
Feb. 2, 2017 What's true and what's false about a widely shared and infrequently explained image taken of for ...
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Did CNN Use the Same Girl in Three Different Refugee Crisis Pictures?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Dec. 25, 2016 A variation on the 'crisis actor' conspiracy theory holds that CNN used photographs of the same ...
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Syrian War Victims Are Being 'Recycled' and Al Quds Hospital Was Never Bombed?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Dec. 13, 2016 The idea that victims of mass tragedies are "recycled" is a common theme among conspiracy theori ...
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Ceasefire in Aleppo After City Bombarded by Government Forces

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Dec. 13, 2016 An agreement has been reportedly been reached to allow opposition forces and civilians to vacate ...
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Is This an Image of 'Child Organ Trafficking Victims' in Thailand?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Dec. 6, 2016 Images of the Ghouta chemical attack of 2013 were repurposed alongside a tale of child organ tra ...
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Statue of Liberty Made from Aleppo Rubble

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Dan Evon
Oct. 23, 2016 A photograph purportedly showing a recreation of the Statue of Liberty made from the rubble of w ...
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Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson Asks on National TV: 'What Is Aleppo?'

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 8, 2016 Johnson was being questioned on MSNBC about what he would do about the Syrian refugee crisis whe ...
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Russian Jet Flies Within Meters of United States Navy Airplane

Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
Sept. 7, 2016 Different stories about the close call emerged from each country.
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Temple of Baal in New York City

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
March 29, 2016 Temporary reproductions of the Temple of Baal's arch (destroyed by ISIS in Syria) planned for Ne ...
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Did Obama Give Syria $195 Million to Celebrate a Muslim Holiday?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Dec. 17, 2015 The White House announced in 2013 that the U.S. would provide an additional $195 million for foo ...
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Toys Soldiers?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 30, 2015 A photograph does not show Syrian orphans holding guns as they make their way to the United States.
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Saudi Arabia Keeps Out Syrian Refugees?

Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
Nov. 25, 2015 Is Saudi Arabia allowing thousands of air-conditioned tents to stand empty while keeping out Syr ...
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FALSE: Syrian Children Killed After Paris Attacks

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Kim LaCapria
Nov. 23, 2015 A photo does not depict children killed in French and American airstrikes following the Paris at ...
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8 Syrians Walk Into A Country...

Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 22, 2015 Claims that eight Syrians were "caught" at the US-Mexico border are misleading.
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You're Welcome in My House

Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 22, 2015 Toby Keith has not recorded a song to benefit Syrian refugees.
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Does This Photo Show a Syrian Child 'Surrendering' to a Camera?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 19, 2015 Hands up or I'll photograph.
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Whom at the Inn

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Nov. 18, 2015 A photograph supposedly documenting that asylum seekers stayed in hotels while American vets rem ...
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Tragedy of the Comments

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Nov. 18, 2015 The children in the photo died in Syria in 2013, not Paris in 2015.
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Damascus via Durham

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Nov. 16, 2015 Syrian refugees didn't settle in Winston-Salem recently; an article describing their arrival is ...
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