Fact Check: Viral Post Says Jordan's Princess Salma Shot Down Iranian Drones, Here's The Truth 6park.com
Curated By:  Shankhyaneel Sarkar
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Last Updated :  April 15, 2024, 18:56 IST 6park.com
A false news using a doctored photo of Princess Salma of Jordan went viral on the internet claiming that the royal was involved in shooting down Iranian drones that entered Jordanian airspace as Tehran attacked Israel.

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Princess Salma of Jordan (C), daughter of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, walking with other military officers at Marka military airport after participating in the fifth Jordanian medical airdrop to Gaza. (Image: AFP/Jordanian Air Force) 6park.com
A series of posts on X falsely claimed that Princess Salma bint Abdullah, the third child of Jordan’s King Abdullah and Queen Rania, shot down Iranian drones which flew through Jordanian airspace on their way to Israel.
Iran launched a direct attack on its arch foe Israel for the first time, firing more than 300 missiles and drones.
Nearly all were intercepted by Israel and others, including the United States, Jordan and Britain. 6park.com

As the internet went abuzz with fears of fresh tensions in West Asia and a possible war between Israel and Iran, a story with a photo of Princess Salma started making rounds, soon after news broke that Jordan on Sunday intercepted “flying objects” that breached its airspace overnight as Iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel.
“Some flying objects that entered our airspace last night were dealt with and confronted,” the government said in a statement, stressing that the military “will confront anything that would expose the security and safety of the nation… to any danger or transgression by any party”. 6park.com

The West Asian nation along with the UK and US intercepted some of those aerial threats.
The false news stories using a photo of Princess Salma from December last year, when she joined the kingdom’s forces to airdrop aid into Gaza for war-ravaged Palestinians, claimed that Princess Salma intercepted an Iranian drone.
It should, however, be noted that Princess Salma bint Abdullah, daughter of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, in 2020 became the first woman in her country to pass her theoretical and practical pilot training with the Jordanian Armed Forces. 6park.com


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