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Suicide Bombing in Syria's Tartus Passed Off as Blast Outside...

The Syrian presidential palace in Damascus is the official residence of President Bashar al-Assad.

3 Oct 2021 8:00 AM GMT

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Video From Syria Shared As Presidential Palace Captured By The Taliban

BOOM found the original video which shows a takeover of Idlib city by Syrian rebels in March, 2015.

17 Aug 2021 2:30 PM GMT

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Unrelated Photos Shared To Claim Syrian Refugees Reaching New Zealand

None of the photos show refugees making their way to New Zealand; they in fact show migrants in several European...

8 July 2021 7:08 AM GMT

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Digital Art Falsely Shared As Statue Of Liberty Made From Rubble In...

The artwork of the Statue of Liberty is entirely computer-generated and the artist who created it has previously...

5 Jun 2021 6:30 AM GMT

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Syrian Shrine Demolished By ISIS Shared As Mosque Attacked By Israel

BOOM found the original video of explosion in Uwais al-Qarani shrine in Raqqa, Syria by ISIS in 2014.

19 May 2021 3:05 PM GMT

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Heart-breaking Photo From 2016 Syria Bomb Blast Shared As Gaza

BOOM found that viral photos show two boys grieving over their brother's death in a bomb attack in Syria in 2016.

16 May 2021 3:31 PM GMT

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Set Of Old Images Revived With 'Civil War In Karachi' Claims

BOOM found that old pictures from Pakistan and Syria have been used to build a fake narrative of civil war in Karachi.

25 Oct 2020 1:28 PM GMT

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India's Per Capita GDP To Fall Below Bangladesh, Reverse Next Year

IMF data shows that Bangladesh's GDP per capita is expected to overtake India this year but will revert in 2021

14 Oct 2020 1:23 PM GMT

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Old Image of Wounded Syrian Kid Resurfaces As Delhi Riots' Victim

BOOM found that the image was clicked in the Syrian capital of Damascus where a child was injured in bombings on...

4 March 2020 12:49 PM GMT

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Injured Toddler Picture Not Linked To Citizenship Amendment Act...

BOOM could trace the photo to as early as 2016, where Twitter users identified it as an incident that took place in...

18 Dec 2019 9:23 AM GMT

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Video Of Muslim Women Singing Ram Bhajans Is Not From The Middle East

BOOM found that the video is from a 2012 event by Prasanthi Nilayam, the ashram of spiritual guru Sathya Sai Baba in...

12 Nov 2019 10:37 AM GMT

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U.S Envoy: Megacities More Vulnerable To Terror Attacks

In the wake of recent terror attacks in Paris, U.S Ambassador to India Richard Verma admits that megacities are more vuln...

30 Nov 2015 6:40 AM GMT