In a Syria Where the Media Are Tattered, Online Disinformation Campaigns Fuel Community Violence

Like the insulting audio message of Islam, attributed to a Druze Sheikh, the infox circulating on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook warms minds in a period of very perilous transition.

A Druze mosque was vandalized and burned on 8 May 2025 in As-Suwarah Al-Kubra (Syria). ABDULMONAM EASSA FOR "THE WORLD" Publications claiming that a Druze young man from southern Syria died under the torture of the new Syrian security forces; a video of a party hall vandalized by men portrayed as "mad Islamists", hostile to any form of celebration because "music is considered to be "haram" [-------------------------------------------------------…