This Photo Is Not From a Beach in Tartus, Syria
The Claim
The photo shows the seashore of Tartus, Syria, with dispersed items that belonged to the victims of a sunken boat.
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Social media users who tweeted about the incident of a boat that sank near the Syrian city of Tartus widely circulated a photo claiming that it shows the Tartus seashore after the incident. The claim is being shared in different languages.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating claim and found it to be misleading. The photo dates back to 2015.
Misbar found the original photo shared by Alamy with a caption that reads: “Ankara, Turkey. 2nd Sep, 2015. Belongings of Syrian refugees are seen on a beach in Bodrum town of Mugla province, Turkey, on Sept. 2, 2015. Eleven Syrian refugees drowned and five others were missing on Wednesday when two boats separately sank in the Aegean Sea off western Turkey, private Dogan news agency reported. Credit: Merit Macit/Xinhua/Alamy Live News”
Death Toll From the Sunken Boat Rises To 94
A boat that departed from Lebanon sank off near the Syrian coast on Thursday.
According to Reuters, “The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 94, after more bodies were recovered from Syria's Baniyas coast on the Mediterranean, Syrian state TV said on Saturday.”
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