CNN says it was misled by man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward
CNN confirmed Monday evening that it was misled by a man who was freed from a Syrian prison last week while the network’s ...
Facing terror designations and sanctions, Syria’s new rulers push for international legitimacy
Syria’s new regime, led by a group with former ties to al Qaeda, is on a mission to gain international legitimacy – and it’s ...
Russian military has begun large-scale withdrawal from Syria, US and Western officials say
Russia has begun withdrawing a large amount of military equipment and troops from Syria following the ouster of former Syrian ...
Assad says he didn’t plan to flee Syria, according to presidency Telegram account
Assad’s departure from the country was unplanned, according to a statement posted Monday on the Syrian Presidency Telegram ...
Fact check: Trump makes false claims about immigration, tariffs and global conflicts
President-elect Donald Trump made numerous false claims in a Monday news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
CNN Investigating If Man Gave 'False Identity' In Dramatic Syrian Prison Report
A Syrian fact-checking group alleges the man in the viral report had a violent past and had been detained for less than a ...
Prisoner CNN helped free from Syrian prison was actually notorious Assad regime torturer: report
We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity,” CNN said.
Syria: Freed prisoner identified as intelligence officer, ‘wasn’t aware that Assad regime had fallen’
A former intelligence officer, Adel Ghurbal, was freed from a Damascus jail after three months of confinement. His release ...
Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say
A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed ...
Assad says he didn’t plan to flee Syria, in apparent first public statement
A statement posted to social media in Moscow appears to detail the events leading to former Syrian president Bashar ...
Viral CNN segment showing Syrian prisoner being freed under scrutiny
CNN’s Clarissa Ward went viral last week when she covered the alleged rescue of a “Syrian prisoner," who she reported spent “three months in a windowless cell." ...
A CNN team rescued a prisoner from Syrian jail. But is he really who he says he is?
After a fact-checking group in Syria concluded that a man found in an abandoned Syrian prison was actually an Assad officer who took part in tortures, CNN said it is now investigating if the prisoner ...