Fact-Check: Saudi Arabia likely to suspend oil exports from India?? Here's the reality
Some Pak-based handles took to Social media Platform X(formerly Twitter) and claimed that Saudi Arab likely to suspend oil exports to India quoting Al Jazeera reports as the source of their claim.
An account with the username @NavCom24 posted the image of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and wrote: “Saudi Arab likely to suspend oil exports to India, reports Al Jazeera”
Similarly, several handles shared this claim stating the same facts. The preview can be seen here, here and here.
Fact-check
The DFRAC team investigated the above viral claim and found it to be completely fake.
We visited the official website of Aljazeera and searched for Saudia Arabia and India reports in the search bar option. No such reports appeared concerning the above claim.
For further investigation, we examined the various X handles of Aljazeera such as Aljazeera English, Aljazeera World & Aljazeera Breaking News. No such updates were given regarding the above viral claim.
Lastly, we checked the handle Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | and didn’t find any restrictions against India.
Conclusion
It is clear from DFRAC’s Fact-check that the viral claim alleging Saudi Arab likely to suspend oil exports to India quoting Al Jazeera reports is absolutely fake. In reality, no such evidence is available online in support of the above claim.
Analysis: Fake
