Statement Claiming Syria’s Al-Sharaa Ordered a Stop To Filming Atrocities Is Fake

Amid the recent unrest in Syria, social media users spread a statement claiming that the new Syrian leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, ordered his fighters to stop filming massacres of Christians and Alawites.

An X user shared the statement, along with the caption, “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani has instructed militants to stop recording their acts of violence, in a clear effort to control the narrative and minimize the damage to his public image.”