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| Title: | Months-old footage of Russian market fire falsely linked to renewed Middle East conflict |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.C32X2WE |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | July 28, 2026 |
| Description: | After Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had struck US military targets in Bahrain in July 2026, social media posts recirculated an old video falsely claiming it showed a massive fire at a US base in Bahrain. The footage actually depicts a fire at a market in St. Petersburg, Russia, in December 2025. |
