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On 15 December 2015, the disreuptable American News web site recycled an old article claiming that President Obama had given $195 million to Syria in honor of a Muslim Holiday: The Facebook post shown above redirected users to an article originally published by American News a year and half earlier, on 6 July 2014: Although the American News article accurately quoted an official White House press release, its reposting in December 2015 deliberately misled readers into believing the release's contents were current news. In fact President Obama's announcement that the United States would be providing additional humanitarian aid to Syria has been issued over two years earlier, on 7 August 2013: It should also be noted that the United States did not give $195 million in cash to Syria simply to allow them to celebrate a Muslim holiday. The $195 million came in the form of food and other humanitarian aid and was intended to provide needed relief to citizens experiencing hardship and suffering in that war-torn country; the announcement was merely timely in that it coincided with the beginning of the important Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr that year. [article-meta]
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