Achi news desk-
New Delhi: Publications on social networks claiming that Princess Salma bint Abdullah, the third child of King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan, shot down Iranian drones that penetrated Jordanian airspace en route to Israel have gone viral. Although she is a pilot of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, the image that is viral on social networks is misleading and the claim that she is She participated in the operation to shoot down Iranian drones has not been confirmed by any official source.
“Princess Salma of Jordan shot down 6 Iranian drones last night,” the viral posts read, carrying a photo of the 23-year-old princess in a Jordan Air Force pilot’s uniform. However, the widely shared photo is from 2023, as confirmed by a number News articles from last year that carry the same image.
After the posts went viral, X, formerly known as Twitter, added a community comment — the platform’s feature that allows users to add context and fact-check misleading and fake posts — to one such claim.
“He shared a digitally altered screenshot of a media outlet claiming that Princess Salma of Jordan shot down 6 Iranian drones last night. These claims are fake and made up,” the community statement said.
“The original title of the article read, ‘Princess Salma of Jordan Leads Air Force Initiative to Drop Medical Equipment in Gaza.’ It was published on December 15, 2023. Intent: Propagandists distribute digitally altered news articles to frame their propaganda about the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.” , they added.
In December last year, Princess Salma was part of the unit that delivered air aid to a hospital in Gaza. The princess, who is a first lieutenant in the Royal Jordanian Air Force, dropped the aid to the 41-bed Jordanian hospital in northern Gaza. The 23-year-old became the first pilot ever in her country in 2020.
(Except for the headline, this story was not edited by the Kashmir Monitor staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
