And the General Sports Union published a news on its official Facebook page, in which it said that Syria beat the United States of America 80-69 in basketball in the Sada international championship held in Armenia, while the news took a political dimension in the following pages that conveyed the news in a way The American siege on the Syrian state did not prevent the Syrian basketball team from surpassing the American hegemony.
Syria’s Olympic under-23 basketball team beat the USA team in the Sada Championship. Syria won…
Posted by General Sports Federation on Saturday, June 25, 2022
In fact, the Syrian basketball team defeated the “American Professional Team in Armenia”, a group of American players who are active in the humble Armenian league, nothing more.
As for the American basketball team, it is known as the “Dream Team” and the NBA has been considered the best in the world for decades. The official “SANA” news agency also published the news, which sparked widespread ridicule and criticism of this unnecessary forgery. Even by pro-regime mediaM.
The Syrian regime is making use of sports, music and other mass activities in order to broadcast political propaganda depicting the “Syrian state” as victorious over the “global conspiracy” even amid “difficult economic conditions”. These illusory, and also false, victories are transformed into the Syrians’ demand for patience and steadfastness, similar to the heroes who defeat the enemy on the basketball courts, this time.
