Image of Ousted Syrian President Assad with TV Host Tucker Carlson Is AI-Generated

After Bashar al-Assad fled Syria to Moscow, social media users widely shared an image purporting to feature Assad meeting with television host and political commentator Tucker Carlson.

Users alleged that Carlson interviewed the recently ousted Syrian president in Moscow, with one post stating, “Tucker Carlson did an interview with Bashar al-Assad. That would be a bomb.”