Beijing’s Spokesman Uses Syrian Photos to Attack US Policy in Afghanistan

A file image of U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters celebrating after fighting Islamic State jihadists near the village of Baghouz in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 15, 2019. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP

Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recently tweeted images of a child in war-torn Syria while falsely claiming they were taken in Afghanistan in a swipe against U.S. foreign policy.

Zhao, posted four photos on his Twitter account on Jan. 24, with the caption of “After 20 years’ war, this is what the #US has brought to the children in #Afghanistan”.