🌀 Misinformation Radar: ❓ Clips of a "fire at the Saudi Ministry of Defense in Riyadh". Real?

🌀 Misinformation Radar
❓ Clips of a "fire at the Saudi Ministry of Defense in Riyadh". Real?
⚠️ Verdict: FALSE
After the Houthis claimed a "direct hit" on the ministry at about 16:45 Riyadh time, clips spread that never show the ministry:
🔥 An industrial fire among low-rise buildings, on X since 15:23, 1h20m BEFORE the claim, with another account's watermark.
🛢️ Tanks and an industrial yard.
🚝 Distant smoke behind an elevated rail station.
🏛️ Saudi Civil Defense, via Saudi Press Agency: debris from 2 intercepted ballistic missiles damaged a building, a construction site and a car. No evidence the ministry was hit.
🔁 The same claim spread on 22 Oct.
🌍 Spread in 🇸🇦 Arabic and 9 other languages, incl. 🇬🇧 English, 🇷🇺 Russian, 🇯🇵 Japanese, 🇮🇳 Hindi, 🇮🇷 Persian and 🇹🇷 Turkish.
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