Viral video does not show Indian Hindu women being rescued from ISIS camp

Hyderabad: Several social media users are sharing a video of a rescue operation linking it with the film ‘The Kerala Story’ and Hindu women.

The viral video shows women being rescued by army personnel from what looks like a camp.

The tweet reads, “ISIS Tent Army attack Rescued 38 Sex Slavery Women’s from India and Bangladesh, Majority Hindu Girls (sic).”

Linking the viral video to the recent controversy over the movie ‘The Kerala Story,’ social media users claim the video shows Hindu women from India and Bangladesh who were being held as sex slaves by ISIS being rescued.

The viral posts also aim to address the importance and veracity of ‘The Kerala Story’ and urges people to watch the film.

NewsMeter received the video on its WhatsApp tipline number (7482830440) for verification.

Fact Check

NewsMeter found the claim to be false.

We performed a reverse image search using the keyframes from the viral video and found a report by Syrian Democratic Forces Press Centre from 6 September 2022. The report carried the same image and stated, “The YPJ published yesterday a video documenting the liberation of 4 women who were chained up with signs of severe torture inside a tent in the al-Hol camp. The video shows the operation conducted by the YPJ as part of Operation Humanity & Security 2. According to a YPJ source, they started an investigation in coordination with the ISF to arrest the people involved in torturing the women.”

The report also includes a video but there is no mention of Hindu, Indian, or Bangladeshi women being rescued.

We also found a Twitter thread by the Information and Documentation Department of the YPJ with further details about the operation held on 5 September 2022.

From this, it is evident that the video does not show Indian Hindu women being rescued from an ISIS camp. Hence, the claim is false.