Viral audio deepfake falsely claims Bashar al-Assad ‘apologised’ to Syrian people

In today’s edition of Truth or Fake, France 24’s Vedika Bahl debunks two fake stories circulating from Syria, about the now-ousted Assad dynasty. One falsehood claims to show an audio extract where Bashar al-Assad renounced his post and apologised to Syrians before he fled to Russia, and another claims to show the former President’s ‘cousin’ being executed by rebels in a town square.