Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A video titled "" has been published.Big news, 'US opens new base in Kosovo'".
content was published (June 22) on the official YouTube channel of the medium "NTV Television".
What is the truth?
Hibrid.info has found that the information presented in the headline is based on a personal opinion and not an official decision, which is not made clear to the audience.
The information presented in the title is not clear in meaning. It is not known whether the United States of America (US) is opening, planning, or has opened a new base, and it is not specified what base it is.
Also, the information was presented as a statement, without specifying who the statement as such came from.
While the thumbnail of this video shows four well-known political figures: Donald Trump, US President, Aleksandar Vučić, Serbian President, Vjosa Osmani, Kosovo President, and Albin Kurti, Kosovo Prime Minister.
However, after opening the video, it becomes clear that it is about the columnist Bedri Elezi, who expresses his views regarding the possible actions of the Trump administration towards Kosovo, where among other things he has predicted the opening of a new US military base in Kosovo, without providing verifiable facts or documents (see here).
Hibrid.info checked the Facebook pages of US institutions, such as the US Embassy in Pristina, the White House and the US Department of State, to find out if there is an official statement that would confirm the claim, but nothing of the kind has been found (see here, here and here).
Even the results from the Google search engine for the last week have not shown any credible media reports, official documents or security force announcements that could confirm what is stated in the title (see here).
Among the previously published articles, a report from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was found, which announced that the Kosovo Ministry of Defense in 2022 had made an official request to the US for the establishment of a permanent base of American forces in Kosovo (see here).
The article mentions that according to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, NATO forces, within the framework of the KFOR mission, are the only military forces in Kosovo. This excludes the possibility of a new military base, outside this mission in Kosovo, from any country (see here).
Analyze:
The claim presented in the title of a video that "US opens new base in Kosovo" is not accurate.
The claim is based solely on the opinion of an analyst and is not supported by any verifiable fact or official source.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info evaluates the content as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.