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.

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 ...

C NN confirmed Monday that it had been deceived about the identity of a man featured in a viral news report last week appearing to show the moment he was found in a Syrian prison and freed.

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.

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, 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 ...

The prisoner, initially thought to be Adel Ghurbal, was revealed to be Salama Mohammad Salama, a lieutenant in Syrian Air Force Intelligence, accused of war crimes and extortion.

But the network reported on Monday evening that the man’s name is actually Salama Mohammad Salama and that he served as a lieutenant in the Assad regime’s Air Force Intelligence Directorate.

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.

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.