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The prisoner CNN escorted out of jail after he was freed by Syrian rebels was actually Salama Mohammad Salama , a notorious member of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, who tricked the ...
Ward confirmed the man was actually Salama Mohammad Salama, also known as Abu Hamza, who was a first lieutenant in Syrian Air Force Intelligence.
CNN is investigating the identity of a man the network filmed being “rescued” from an Assad regime prison as a new report reveals the purported prisoner was actually a notorious member Syrian ...
However, Verify-Sy, a Syrian fact-checking organization, later identified the man as Salama Mohammad Salama, a resident of the central Syrian city of Homs and a lieutenant in the Assad regime’s ...
An image obtained by CNN on Monday now points to the man’s real identity – said to be a lieutenant in the Assad regime’s Air Force Intelligence Directorate, Salama Mohammad Salama.
However, the outlet disclosed Monday that it had discovered the supposed civilian was, in reality, Salama Mohammad Salama, a lieutenant in Assad’s Air Force Intelligence Directorate. While the ...
Inhabitants of Al Bayyada, Homs, later recognized the individual as Salama Mohammad Salama, commonly referred to as Abu Hamza. Salama served as a first lieutenant in the intelligence division of ...
Verify-Sy identified the 'hidden prisoner' as Salama Mohammad Salama, a first lieutenant in the Syrian Air Force Intelligence, which served former President Bashar al-Assad.
CNN acknowledged it was misled by Salama Mohammad Salama, who purported to be a Syrian prisoner but who is actually a former intelligence officer under Bashar Assad's regime.
Salama Mohammad Salama — a first lieutenant in Syrian Air Force Intelligence — allegedly misled rebels and CNN’s Clarissa Ward into leading him out of prison last week in a harrowing video, ...
An image obtained by CNN on Monday now points to the man’s real identity – said to be a lieutenant in the Assad regime’s Air Force Intelligence Directorate, Salama Mohammad Salama.
An image obtained by CNN on Monday now points to the man’s real identity – said to be a lieutenant in the Assad regime’s Air Force Intelligence Directorate, Salama Mohammad Salama.