Yesterday evening, social media users circulated news that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been subjected to an assassination attempt, as the news caused great confusion on social media sites.
An informed Syrian source confirmed in an interview with “Lebanon Debate” that the news is a rumor that no one in Syria has heard of, and stressed that the news was only circulated in Lebanon.
But he revealed that the real purpose of circulating this rumor in Lebanon is not yet known, and he was also surprised that the news was fabricated in light of this tense and tense atmosphere.
The source expected that the goal of the rumor would be to create confusion and intimidate people. He also linked the news to an attempt to create more “noise” about the killing of the “Forces” coordinator in Jbeil, Pascal Suleiman.
