# Fact check: Viral videos falsely linked to Riyadh airport attack

https://mins.news/en/item/96846

- DW, 2026-10-12 17:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-viral-videos-falsely-linked-to-riyadh-airport-attack/a-79643037?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> After Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, videos purporting to show the strikes spread online. DW Fact Check found evidence that several widely shared clips were AI-generated; some had circulated months before the attacks and did not show them.

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