{"id":7939,"date":"2024-08-19T16:47:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2024-08-20T16:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:21:02","slug":"old-photo-republished-as-recent-from-beirut-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/2024\/08\/19\/old-photo-republished-as-recent-from-beirut-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photo republished as recent from Beirut Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Accounts on \u201c&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hodajannat\/status\/1825211142056329560\">X<\/a>&nbsp;\u201d posted a photo showing people inside an airport with a power outage, claiming that it was recently taken at Beirut Airport.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7941\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1.jpg 756w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-150x163.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-450x489.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A source of the claim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kashif verified the image using \u201cGoogle Images\u201d tool, and found that it is old and was incorrectly linked to the recent power outage in Lebanon. The image was published by the \u201c&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.annaharar.com\/arabic\/push-notification\/17082021074230894\">Al-Nahar Al-Arabi<\/a>&nbsp;\u201d website on 17 August 2021, stating that activists on social media platforms shared the image at the time of the power outage inside Rafiq Hariri International Airport (Beirut Airport).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-1024x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7943\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-1024x154.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-300x45.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-768x116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-150x23.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-450x68.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The photo was published by Al-Nahar Al-Arabi website on 8\/17\/2021<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kashif also found that a number of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/asraralwatan.lb\/posts\/382881153197411?ref=embed_post\">accounts<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook had published the circulating photo on 17 August 2021 stating that it was of Beirut Airport.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7942\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2.jpg 736w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-150x167.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-450x500.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The photo was published by Al-Nahar Al-Arabi website on 8\/17\/2021<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/2024\/8\/17\/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B9\">The Electricit\u00e9 du Liban<\/a>&nbsp;announced on Saturday, 17 August 2024, a power outage throughout the country, including essential facilities such as the airport, port and prisons, due to the depletion of fuel operating the last group of production units at the Zahrani plant that supplies Lebanon with electricity, which led to its going out of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Sources of claim<\/td><td>Sources of verification <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hodajannat\/status\/1825211142056329560\">Hoda_jannat<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MahdiBaladi1\/status\/1825223838508216729\">Mahdi Baladi<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SafaaAlNuaimi\/status\/1825209971941756940\">Safaa Subhi \u0635\u0641\u0627\u0621 \u0635\u0628\u062d\u064a<\/a><br><br>\u064d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NabilaFadel6060\/status\/1825105806833914167\">\u00f1\u00e4\u00fe\u012bl\u00e4 f\u00e4\u1e11\u1ec5l<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SahaR_bei\/status\/1825104605803397615\">SahaR_bei<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnthonyElHaiby\/status\/1825097026029125899\">AnthonyElHaiby<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MDMNews4\/status\/1825090827334377485\">MDM News<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KawalisBeirut\/status\/1825087322922098798\">KawalisBeirut<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annaharar.com\/arabic\/push-notification\/17082021074230894\">\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0647\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a<\/a> &#8211; al-nahhar al-Jadid<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/asraralwatan.lb\/posts\/pfbid035D4GE6xkc6kk1gu357FDs7p8wFXbkKANshFsdQW6bD9CKQF5upwHPwUBTrv1sUGAl?__cft__[0]=AZUrTpNWzuJmRDylY0SX3SZj2clRp2Z2vYw26YKrssvDvRhhTnPWexLOrkVj-UI3K73ogt_leYr_p6sKpVgCs-D21c2zajnnmO4PKBrjVV40C46eUmcTM0sSpCYPhrzdOxjO8fxfNiHP4FD-T1PS5D0PMWKQfqXMn2hhcpJoqWMXeEn0YGXTu8a_o327EdyC3rc&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">Asrar AlWatan \u2013 \u0627\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646&nbsp;<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lebanon1000\/posts\/pfbid02FW7KVJzoS4QFxfKrU8DyXsagqFihfjEZfkS5mpKNXxBkWNKuECML7PnGZYDpGjhkl?__tn__=%2CO*F\">\u0628\u0648\u0627\u0628\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0642\u0644\u064a\u0645 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0648\u0641<\/a>&#8211; al-Iqleem and al-Shoof Gate<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Minieh1\/posts\/pfbid02naJ4XjdhPaet6JeHFX2fqzC9JPi7SWZeDCXf1NmsPFe31vyTwpZ7vwdteTAak8xPl?__cft__[0]=AZVCkPXKWa-YOdS7EcP7h0o8bgQPrvhXvgcN9xHoNHs2QW8Nmho13GJSfNzEJZqIPpAhQjSgxleQSpRta1sgbbEhtShGYQ_D_GsZGAQu_cd-UqXLwnEyGV3jxMlACPehatLHF3tJi-n1O42M-vo-wT5nxmV1ZxIgnKSAqYRcndFEu8Edt_R27G4V25mkHCfzTNg&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">\u0625\u062a\u062d\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645<\/a> &#8211; al-Minea Media Union<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/2024\/8\/17\/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B9\">\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u064a\u0631\u0629<\/a> &#8211; al-Jazeera <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accounts on \u201c&nbsp;X&nbsp;\u201d posted a photo showing people inside an airport with a power outage, claiming that it was recently taken at Beirut Airport.&nbsp; Kashif verified the image using \u201cGoogle Images\u201d tool, and found that it is old and was incorrectly linked to the recent power outage in Lebanon. The image was published by the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-facts-in-english"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7939"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7960,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions\/7960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}