Video does not show 'suicide bombing outside Syrian presidential palace'

The video was posted here on Twitter on September 26. It was viewed more than 140,000 times before it was removed.

"Damn suicide bomber exploded himself at entrance of Syrian palace were [sic] Asad [sic] lives," the tweet read.

The Syrian presidential palace in Damascus is the official residence of President Bashar al-Assad.

The video appears to show three men arguing before a blast erupts.

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Screenshot of the tweet falsely claiming to show footage of a blast outside Syria's presidential palace. Taken on September 29, 2021.

The video was shared alongside a similar claim on Twitter here, here, here and here; and on Facebook here, here, here and here.

It was shared here by Rupin Sharma -- a senior member of the police force in India's Nagaland state.

It was also shared here by Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid -- a right-wing political commentator in Pakistan.

However, the claim is false.

The video shows a bombing outside a courthouse in Tartus, a city in western Syria.

Footage showing identical scenes from the video was posted here on September 24 by Syria TV.

"Throwing a bomb at a lawyer in front of #courthouse in #Tartus. It killed two people and injured 11 others. But why? #Television_Syria @syriastream," reads the tweet's Arabic-language caption.

Below is a screenshot comparing the footage in the misleading posts (left) and the footage from Syria TV (right):

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Screenshot comparing the footage in posts claiming to show an explosion outside Syria's presidential palace (L) with the original from Syria TV (R). Taken on September 29, 2021 ( AFP / )

Syria's state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) also reported on the blast on September 23.

"The explosion led to the death of two people and the injury of a number of policemen and officers and civilians present in the area," it reported.

There have been no credible reports of a bomb blast at the Syrian presidential palace in September 2021.