🔥 Rising misinformation now
“Pakistan cancels its joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia over a delayed $50 billion payment”, attributed to AFPFalse709,373 views on top post⬆ +61% since the 25 Oct 15:00 briefAR TR EN✅ “The US is closing its embassy in Saudi Arabia and ordering all staff and their families to leave”Misleading118,702 views on top post⬆ +9% since the 07:00 brief, 26 OctEN AR PT RU HE✅ “86% of Riyadh flights cancelled”, shared as the current situationMissing context35,025 views on top post⬆ new in the 26 Oct 15:00 briefEN AR FA TR🆕✅
Updated · 26 Oct 2026, 15:00 Riyadh
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🔎 Source Check | Episode 5: @ShaykhSulaiman

🔎 Source Check | Episode 5: @ShaykhSulaiman
📰 ~846K followers. 3 posts on Saudi Arabia (21–24 Oct) drew ~199K views.
⚠️ Misleading: "Shaybah out of service", "direct missile impact in Riyadh", "huge explosions in western Saudi". Official statements: interceptions and debris.

Sources
- Shaybah: Ministry of Energy statement via Saudi Gazette https://x.com/Saudi_Gazette/status/2112982902434840789 and Arab News https://x.com/arabnews/status/2112985888812667145
- Riyadh: Ministry of Defense via SPA https://www.spa.gov.sa/w1661220 and Arab News https://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/coalition-air-defen…
- Western Saudi Arabia: Coalition spokesman https://x.com/CJFCSpox/status/2113917166474899567 , SPA regions https://x.com/SPAregions/status/2113917592310313364 , Saudi Civil Defense https://x.com/SaudiDCD/status/2113910043435319386

Views and follower counts read from public X data on 3 Nov 2026; ~ marks estimates.

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