Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport were real, but several viral videos claiming to show the strikes are not authentic. Fact-checkers found that one widely shared clip had circulated months before the reported attacks and contained visual glitches, including objects appearing and disappearing. Another video used a photograph of the airport taken in 2016, then added an AI-generated explosion. Saudi authorities reported damage and casualties from the actual attacks, but did not verify these viral clips as footage of the incidents
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