A video that is almost a minute long is said to show that organs are being deliberately removed from children in Syria.
In the video you can see a crying child being brought to a lounger. You don't see any explicit content in it. The child is crying, there are black bags in the rooms in which there are presumably corpses. The child is led by men to a stretcher, where he is placed and medical equipment is brought in. Then the video ends. What happens afterwards, as well as any actions beforehand, remain unknown.
https://www.facebook.com/796182350/videos/10157606837967351/
This video has been being distributed again since September, but the claim arose in 2017
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The fact check
In the video you can see a watermark at the top left. This is the lettering “SMART”, which belongs to the news agency of the same name “ Smart News Agency ”. Unfortunately, there is no off-text in the video that describes the situation in more detail, which of course leads to speculation in all directions.
According to the “Smart News Agency”, the video has nothing to do with an organ mafia! It shows victims of an air strike on December 11, 2015. This is said to have happened in a village (Kasabia) in the south of Idlib province and killed 6 civilians. At least 15 people were injured.
The aid organization “Syria Charity” also clarified that the claims about the video were false and also announced that they would visit the girl in the next few days. A short time later, the organization also released a video with English subtitles featuring the girl and her father:
https://www.facebook.com/ong.syriacharity/videos/1485837441436766/
The Facebook page “News around the Muslim World” also posted a photo of the healthy girl:
https://www.facebook.com/newsrundumdiemuslimischewelt/posts/1285552828229227:0
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Conclusion
We do not claim that in the uncertain information situation from war zones, organ trafficking can be fundamentally ruled out (compare: MDR “ Refugees offer their own organs for sale ” or TAZ from 2011 “ The organ trade is now flourishing ”), but you can see in the shared video no Syrian organ traffickers at work.
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