The content is fabricated misinformation.
The claim alleges that Syria’s Cyber Crime Unit arrested 17 young people, including women, in Tartus, Jableh, and Aleppo countryside for engaging with posts from pages like “Daraa al-Sahel” and “Idy Kohen,” possessing weapons, and plotting attacks on security checkpoints for money. It further claims advanced U.S., Saudi, and Turkish spy tech enables identifying users via link tokens.
Based on multiple sources, this claim is false. The independent verification platform Taákkad (تأكد) published a detailed fact‑check on July 29, 2025 and updated July 30, 2025. It shows Syria’s Interior Ministry officially denied all aspects of the story. Arrests were not made by the electronic crime unit for online activity, no weapons seizures, no foreign contacts, no foreign spy tech involvement. The entire narrative lacks factual basis and has been labeled fabricated.
The ministry’s spokesperson confirmed to Taákkad that no such arrests occurred and no legitimate official account exists for the cyber‑crime department. It also denied association with purported social media pages claiming to receive complaints.
Sources like X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook posts repeat the same claim, but are unverified and echo unsubstantiated rumors.
Independent conflict monitors like the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported unrelated security operations in Jableh and rural areas. For example, a Syrian Observatory report dated July 6, 2025, documented a security sweep in Jableh that resulted in civilian casualties. That operation arrested a few individuals but was unrelated to cyber‑related online content sharing or supposedly fake electronic crime unit actions.
Similarly, Sky News Arabia covered Syrian government operations to regain control of Jableh and Tartus after clashes with remnants of loyalist factions. That coverage described military operations, not social media policing or electronic monitoring with advanced foreign tools.
Summing up, all verified public records and official statements contradict the claim. No arrests tied to online content, no weapons found as alleged, no foreign spy systems delivered. The story originated on rumor‑driven social media accounts without transparent sourcing.
مكافحة الجرائم الإلكترنية تعتقل 17 شاباً ومنهم بنات
في طرطوس وجبلة وريف حلب لتفاعلهم ومشاركتهم
لمنشورات لصفحات درع الساحل وايدي كوهين
وصفحات تحريضية ثانية ..
كما تبين أن بعض المذكورين يوجد بمنزله
سلاح وجعبة عسكرية وتم ضبطهم ..
ومنهم كان يتراسل مع أشخاص خارج البلاد لضرب حواجز الامن العام مقابل المال.
مكافحة الجرائم الإلكترونية ستتابع العمل
بإلقاء القبض على كل من كان مشارك في أحداث الساحل حتى أصحاب الحسابات الوهمية لن يسلموا من القضاء العادل ..
هذا الجهاز هو إستخباراتي بأجهزة حديثة أميركية، ومنها سعودية وتركية تم إرساله للاستخبارات السورية
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