Was the German (female) foreign minister blurred in Syria state visit photos?

Middle East expert and Islamic scholar Reinhard Schulze disagrees with the statement that a network of new Syrian rulers has pixelated an image of Federal Foreign Minister Bärbock.

Was the German (female) foreign minister blurred in Syria state visit photos?

Following the visit of the French and German foreign ministers to Syria on January 3, a photo where we see Minister Annalena Baerbock blurred in official photos of this state visit started to circulate online. Many claim that the Syrian government were behind these blurred photos. While, Syrian leader, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, declined to shake hands with the German female minister during this visit. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Media storm over new Syrian ruler's refusal to shake German minister's hand

When al-Golani Avoided Shaking German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock's Hand, Controversy Erupted in the Arab World, Pitching Those Who Slammed Him as Wrong, "Politically, Religiously, and Logically," Against Those Who Decried the Critics as "Culturally Ill-informed"

Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa refuses to shake hands with Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens). Several journalists gloss over the practice - even though it represents a reactionary understanding of religion and the devaluation of women as sexual objects. This idealization is dangerous.

Syria's new Islamist leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani refused to shake hands with Germany's female foreign minister, Anna Baerbock, when she visited Damascus this weekend. After the former al-Qaeda leader's forces overthrew the Syrian government, his links to terrorism and militant jihadism have been downplayed by Western rulers - but now observers in Germany are expressing concern about how Syria will develop under the new leadership. Al-Julani ha…