
CNN SHAM
Big fake job: Prisoner CNN helped free from Syrian prison was a notorious Assad regime torturer
A Syrian prisoner released in a viral CNN report was later identified as a former Assad regime officer charged with torture and extortion.

CNN faces backlash over âstagedâ Syrian prisoner rescue report
Criticism mounts as US news channel backtracks on identity of Syrian prisoner who provided a false name and worked as an intelligence officer in the Assad regime.
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A Syrian thought to be a prisoner rescued by United States media outlet CNN has turned out to be a former intelligence officer in the Bashar al-Assad government.
Bombshell pic PROVED rescued Syrian âprisonerâ was Assad officer

After a lightning offensive that overthrew the 24-year-long regime this month, opposition fighters freed thousands of people from a network of prisons run by the former government.
The report produced by CNN documenting what it claimed was the rescue of the prisoner has garnered widespread criticism, forcing the media outlet to re-examine the claims.
The video, aired on Thursday, shows CNNâs Clarissa Ward and her team, accompanied by an opposition fighter, reporting from a secret prison in the capital, Damascus, and stumbling upon a âhidden prisonerâ.
âIâm a civilian. Iâm a civilian,â the prisoner said as he cowered under a blanket with hands raised.
CNN’s irresponsible reporting is a slap in the face to all the hard working and dilligent journalists who have been covering Syria for years, often at great personal risk. Heads should roll… https://t.co/oUBuGVJmZ8
â Christian Henderson (@CjvHenderson) December 17, 2024
The man, who identified himself in the video as Adel Gharbal from Homs, was revealed to be Salama Mohammad Salama, according to the Syrian fact-checking platform Verify Sy on Sunday â an assertion later confirmed by CNNâs own investigation.
Salama told CNN he was in detention for three months after his phone was searched and he was later transferred to another facility in Damascus.
However, Verify Sy reported residents saying he had been incarcerated for less than a month over extortion-related charges.
Does no one see how problematicâand stagedâthis is? Shame on you, @clarissaward @CNN, for exploiting Syrian survivors and profiting off the pain of suffering communities. This isnât journalism; itâs ego-driven sensationalism. cc @NatEnquirer @TheSun #Syria https://t.co/oeayi3OPHn
â Raja Althaibani (allegedly) (@RajaAlthaibani) December 12, 2024
BS Queen Clarissa Ward
Ward said in her report that she and her team were at the prison initially searching for US journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in 2012 when he was abducted in the capital while on a reporting tour to cover the uprising against al-Assad.
A community note shared under Wardâs post on X, where she called it âone of the most extraordinary momentsâ of her career, now reads: âHis real name is Salama Mohammad Salama. Salama, known as âAbu Hamza,â is a first lieutenant in Syrian Air Force Intelligence, notorious for his activities in Homs. Residents identified him as frequently stationed at a checkpoint in the areaâs western entrance.â
After the release of the report, users on social media began questioning CNNâs coverage, some even accusing the US outlet of staging the whole incident.
One user highlighted Salamaâs âperfectly manicured nailsâ, âclean clothesâ and overall well-groomed look, casting doubts about the truth behind the networkâs widely shared video.
Many of us correctly suspected that CNN staged the prisoner story.
CNN is now backtracking, shifting blame onto the man while absolving itself of any wrongdoing.@clarissaward own up and apologise for misleading your viewers. https://t.co/CkoqXb7GZx
â IsmailoÄlu Pasha (@IsmailogluF) December 16, 2024

Acting…
Since Mondayâs clarification, many have demanded CNN apologise for its original reporting.
âThis is a totally shambolic event for CNN,â one user posted on X.
Another user accused the US outlet of âbacktrackingâ, putting the blame squarely on Salama, and âabsolving itself of any wrongdoingâ.
CNN said it was unaware of Salamaâs whereabouts and had been unable to make contact with him.

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