Wrote: Festim Rizanaj
On March 1, “TopChannel” posted a video on its Facebook account showing a building burning. The video was posted with the caption:
"The situation in Dubai has deteriorated significantly in recent hours in an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, where Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have launched a wave of missiles and drones towards the Persian Gulf countries in retaliation for the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by American-Israeli attacks. This Sunday a skyscraper in Dubai was engulfed in flames after being attacked by an Iranian drone." (here)
The video claims to show the burning of a building in Dubai after an attack by an Iranian drone.
After fact-checking by Hibrid.info, it was determined that the video has no connection to the recent Israel/US-Iran war.
What is known about this video?
Following the US and Israeli attack on Iran, which began on February 28, it was reported that Iran had targeted US bases in the Middle East. A video shared on social media allegedly showed moments from an operation in a building in Dubai.
However, image search results show that the video shows the fire that occurred on October 1, 2015, at a residence on King Faisal Road in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (here)
There are also news reports and videos from various perspectives related to the October 1, 2015 incident. (here)
So, the video is not current and has nothing to do with the Israel/US-Iran attacks.
Analyze:
A video published by "TopChannel" on March 1st claims to show a building in Dubai burning after being attacked by an Iranian drone in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
However, the video dates from October 1, 2015, at a residence on King Faisal Street, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, and is not related to the recent US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers this claim to be "unverified content".
Reasoning:
The "Unverified" rating is given to those informative contents that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which could not be verified due to certain circumstances (speed, lack of sources) during the publication of the content.