Does this video show "Tornado Daniel" hitting Benghazi, Libya? No, that's not true: This video is a combination of a Floridian storm setting with visual effects added. The buildings and fallen tree are from a tornado tracker's YouTube cha
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Full Fact→ Video shows mudslide in Japan not Libya floods
The video, which claims to show fatal flooding in Derna, has been viewed by tens of thousands of people.
Full Fact→ Viral video shows floods in Saudi Arabia, not Libya
The video has been circulating online since at least 2015.
Logically→ No, Türkiye did not lease Al-Khums Port from Libya for 99 years to build a military base
Logically→ Old video from Chile passed off as destruction from Storm Daniel in Libya
Logically→ 2022 video from Mauritania passed off as footage of Egyptian Army’s rescue effort in Libya
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Old footage from Saudi Arabia misrepresented as scenes of devastating flooding from Libya
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Logically→ Old video from Saudi Arabia shared as Libya man praying in the aftermath of Storm Daniel
Logically→ Assamese media outlet passes off old, unrelated videos as damage from Storm Daniel in Libya
Logically→ Old, unrelated videos shared as damage from Storm Daniel in Libya
Logically→ CGI video of tornado and lightning passed off as Storm Daniel in Libya
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Document The 2023 Floods In Libya
Does this video show deadly floods in Libya in 2023? No, that's not true: Lead Stories has found this video posted on different social media sites going back as far as 2016. The claim appeared on Facebook (archived here) where it was publ
Logically→ Rescue footage from typhoon Doksuri in Beijing misrepresented as flooding in Libya
Logically→ The floods in Libya were caused by Storm Daniel, not HAARP
Logically→ Video of 2016 flash flood in Saudi Arabia misattributed to Storm Daniel in Libya
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NATO Did NOT Launch More Than 10,000 Air Raids On Libya In 2011 With Over 500,000 Civilian Casualties
Did NATO launch more than 10,000 air raids on Libya in 2011 with over 500,000 civilian casualties? No, that's not true: According to a NATO official, the claim is "bogus." The director of the nonprofit watchdog group Airwars says the acco
AFP Fact Check→ This 2011 video shows rebels during Libya’s war, not Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria
A video has been shared thousands of times on Facebook with the claim that it shows Boko Haram insurgents hoisting their flag in Niger state, close to Nigeria’s capital Abuja. This is false: the clip, filmed in 2011 during the Libyan Civil War, show
Logically→ U.S. Political Consultant Neera Tanden has shown support for military intervention in Libya.
Leaked e-mails have shown that Tanden said that Libyans should pay for the U.S. invasion of the country, but she had not explicitly supported the war.
AFP Fact Check→ Photo of destroyed Libyan airport terminal used to portray Ethiopia clashes
As Ethiopian forces made inroads into the restive Tigray region last month, a photo of a building in ruins circulated online alongside claims it showed the remains of Aksum airport, torn down by retreating soldiers of the Tigray People's Liberation Fro
AFP Fact Check→ Photo of destroyed Libyan airport terminal used to portray Ethiopia clashes
As Ethiopian forces made inroads into the restive Tigray region last month, a photo of a building in ruins circulated online alongside claims it showed the remains of Aksum airport, torn down by retreating soldiers of the Tigray People's Liberation Fro
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows a Libyan military jet that was shot down over Benghazi in 2011
A photo of a fighter jet in flames has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows an Indian military jet that was shot down after it flew into the airspace of neighbouring Nepal. The claim is false; the photo s
Snopes→ Libya’s Coast Guard Recovers Dozens of Bodies of Migrants
Up to 150 people, including women and children, went missing and were feared drowned after their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.
Snopes→ Russians with Links to Infamous Troll Farm Arrested in Libya
Two people with links to an infamous Russian troll farm have been arrested in Libya, their employer, who has been put on the U.S. sanctions list, said.
Hoax-Slayer→ HOAX – ‘HIV & AIDS Infected Oranges Coming From Libya’
Circulating message warns that the immigration services of Algeria have recovered oranges from Libya that have been injected with 'HIV & AIDS blood'. The post HOAX – ‘HIV & AIDS Infected Oranges Coming From Libya’ appeared f
Snopes→ Did the Media Ignore Obama Calling Libya a ‘Shit Show’?
President Obama used the term "shit show" in private to refer to the escalating violence in Libya following the death of Muammar Gaddafi.
Snopes→ Are These Images of Tortured Nigerian Slaves in Libya?
Although gruesome photographs were misrepresented by a Nigerian politician, men from sub-Saharan African countries are being auctioned as slaves in Libya, as witnessed by CNN.
Snopes→ Viral Photographs Show Libyan Slave Trade?
An emotive Facebook post about the slave trade in Libya used photographs that were either unrelated to the slave trade or whose sources are unknown.
Logically→ চিলিৰ পুৰণি ভিডিঅ’ ‘ডেনিয়েল’ ধুমুহায়ে লিবিয়াত কৰা ধ্বংসৰ দৃশ্য বুলি ভাইৰেল
Logically→ ছৌদি আৰৱৰ পুৰণি ভিডিঅ’ লিবিয়াত ‘ষ্টৰ্ম ডেনিয়েল’ৰ দৃশ্য় বুলি শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
Logically→ অসমৰ সংবাদ মাধ্যমত লিবিয়াৰ ‘ষ্টৰ্ম ডেনিয়েল’ৰ দৃশ্য় বুলি পুৰণি, অসংলগ্ন ভিডিঅ’ প্ৰচাৰ
Truth or Fiction?→ FDR and the Business Plot of 1933
On July 6 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/todayilearned subreddit shared a post about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and “The Business Plot” of 1933: TIL of The Business Plot of 1933, a failed attempt t
FactCheck.org→ Crude Oil Prices Down Due to Recession Fears, Contributing to Lower Gasoline Prices
The average price of U.S. regular-grade gasoline has been falling for weeks, after reaching a record high of over $5 in mid-June. Analysts have said the decrease can mostly be attributed to a drop in the price of crude oil, which has declined largely b
Full Fact→ European Court of Human Rights not involved in 2014 deportation case
The court was not involved in the decision to overturn the deportation of a Libyan man convicted of 78 offences in the UK.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ship Vlora Did NOT Carry Refugees From WWII Europe — 1991 Incident Was Albania To Italy
Did Europeans crowd onto a pier and try to flee to North Africa during World War II on the ship shown in this photo? No, that's not true: This image is miscaptioned. It shows the ship Vlora, which had left the port of Durrës, Albania, an
FactCheck.org→ Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil Stocks Declined Under Trump, Contrary to His Claim
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was set up in the 1970s as an emergency source of oil in the event of unexpected supply disruptions. When Donald Trump took office as president in January 2017, the reserve held 695.1 million barrels of crude oil. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There’s NO Evidence Brent Renaud Was An American Spy
By Uliana Malashenko and James Rosen Was U.S. citizen Brent Renaud, who was killed March 13 by Russian troops at a checkpoint near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, an American intelligence operative? No, it is not true. The claim was made w
Logically→ This image from a video clip shows a Russian fighter jet shot down in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army has said it has shot down five Russian jets but this image is from footage in Libya in 2011.
Truth or Fiction?→ John Adams: ‘The Government of the United States of America Is Not, in Any Sense, Founded on the Christian Religion’
On February 1 2022, an Imgur account shared the following quote about the separation of church and state, attributed to Founding Father and second President of the United States, John Adams: On Imgur, the submission was titled “When they tell y
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Oil Reserve Created for Supply Disruptions, Not Strictly Military Use
Quick Take The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was set up as an emergency source of oil to keep supplies flowing in the event of unexpected disruptions. It’s not just designed “for when we get attacked and need the fuel to keep our Air Force in th
Full Fact→ Picture of refugees on ship isn’t from WWII
A post on Facebook claims to show a ship full of European refugees fleeing to North Africa during the Second World War. This is not true. The picture featured in the post was actually taken in 1991, and shows thousands of Albanian people boarding