Did blind mystic Baba Vanga predict Syria’s fall? Some say the psychic foretold coming WWIII

The stunning fall of the Syrian regime to armed rebels has led to claims that “blind mystic” Baba Vanga foretold the events as marking the start of World War III.

The famous Bulgarian psychic, who died in 1996, has long been claimed to have predicted a number of world-changing events including the Covid pandemic, 9/11 and even Princess Diana’s death.

Syrian Islamist rebels, led by former al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Shams (HTS), this week seized control of Damascus after a lightning offensive and toppled the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad.

That sparked fresh claims that Vanga, dubbed the “Nostradamus of the Balkans”, once delivered the following prophecy: “When Syria falls, a great war between the West and the East will follow. In the spring, a conflict will ignite in the East, leading to a Third World War — a war that will destroy the West.”

However, a Google search does not turn up any references to the alleged quote online prior to this month.

It seems to have first appeared in Indian media outlets before making its way to UK tabloids.

Previous reports of Vanga’s alleged prophecies have claimed she predicted a major war in 2025, with a conflict in Europe set to devastate the continent’s population.

The reference to Syria appears new, however.

And there’s one minor problem — like all of the other quotes attributed to the 84-year-old, it appears to be entirely made up.