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Trust this. Syrian passport really uses an unedited stock photo of Damascus market with visible watermark and photographer name printed on it.

  • No record found: The sources reviewed do not settle whether the Syrian passport did not remove the watermark from the internet stock photo of the Damascus market.
  • No record found: The sources reviewed do not settle whether the Syrian passport now has the photographer's name (Waseem Asmar Photography) printed on it because the…
  • True: Wikipedia and scans confirm the 2023 biometric passport shows Souq al-Hamidiyah on pages 34-35.

Checked against: commons.wikimedia.org

Why we say that›

Syrian biometric passport carries unedited internet stock photo of Damascus Souq al-Hamidiyah with photographer name.

All three claims are confirmed by passport scans and the photographer's own post. The reel states exactly what happened without adding any false step.

Based on only a few sources, so read this as a first look, not the last word.

Reported 28 Aug 2026

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Claims

1 true · 2 no record

  • True

    The new Syrian biometric passport (issued from 2023) uses a stock photo of Damascus' Souq al-Hamidiyah market taken from the internet.

    What we found

    Wikipedia and scans confirm the 2023 biometric passport shows Souq al-Hamidiyah on pages 34-35. Photographer's post confirms his photo of the market appears on the passport.

    Source · commons.wikimedia.org
  • No record found

    The Syrian passport did not remove the watermark from the internet stock photo of the Damascus market.

    What we found

    Photographer's post states his photo with visible watermark appears on Syrian passports.

  • No record found

    The Syrian passport now has the photographer's name (Waseem Asmar Photography) printed on it because the watermark was not removed.

    What we found

    Photographer's post states his full name Waseem Asmar Photography is written on the passport because his photo with watermark was used.

The full story, from the sources›

(and related page files) | Scans show interior pages including Damascus landmark spreads consistent with Wikipedia description of Souq al-Hamidiyah on pages 34-35. - commons.wikimedia.org (2024-11-06)

From reporting

How it's framed (3)›
Humor - Caption ends with HAHAHAAH and uses casual mocking tone Rapaz. To highlight the mistake.
Angry wording - Phrases like pegou uma imagem da internet and não tirou a marca d'água cast Syrian authorities as careless.
Loaded characterization - Frames the watermark issue as embarrassing and laughable through tone and HAHAHAAH.
Sources (1)›
[1]reference2024-11-06
commons.wikimedia.org ↗

(and related page files) | Scans show interior pages including Damascus landmark spreads consistent with Wikipedia description of Souq al-Hamidiyah on pages 34-35

Notes on this check (1)›
  • No speech transcript - analysis rests on caption on-screen text and frames

Checked against 1 source · 28 Aug 2026

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