Online activists backing the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed responsibility on Tuesday for hacking an AFP Twitter account. The account, @AFPphoto, was hacked on Tuesday at around 1645 GMT. Images posted until the account was suspended more than an hour later did not come from the agency, AFP's management said in a statement. Most of the images posted after the site was hacked were related to the conflict in Syria. In a tweet, an online group known as the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsiblity for hacking the AFP account.