What is the truth about the recently circulating news regarding the visit of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani to Erbil?
Yesterday, Thursday, March 21, 2024, a piece of news was circulated on social media and news sites that read: “Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani arrives in the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan region”.
The truth
When searching to verify the circulating news, we did not find any official source proving the validity of this, as the Prime Minister’s Media Office or any of the official media outlets in Baghdad did not announce Al-Sudani’s visit to Erbil yesterday, Thursday.
The Kurdish government side also did not announce the arrival of Al-Sudani and his reception in Erbil.
After contacting it, the Prime Minister's Office denied the authenticity of the circulating news and confirmed that it was false.
To verify the news further, we searched the planes that landed, and that was there at Erbil International Airport yesterday using the Flight Radar24 application, which specializes in monitoring air traffic. We did not find the Prime Minister’s presidential plane among them.