CNN says it was misled by man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward
The network confirmed on Monday that the man gave a false identity. CNN confirmed Monday evening that it was misled by a man ...
Hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried in Syrian mass graves, advocacy group says
Syrians are starting to uncover mass graves across the country, shedding light on the magnitude of atrocities committed ...
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 ...
‘The intent is to intimidate the press’: Veteran news editor Marty Baron on Trump’s media war
The former executive editor of the Washington Post examines the many tools for targeting journalists available to an new ...
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 ...
CNN: Freed Syrian prisoner in report was intelligence officer
CNN acknowledged this week it had been misled by a man purporting to be a Syrian prisoner but who was, in fact, a former ...
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 ...
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CNN faces backlash over inaccurate report on prisoner rescue in Syria
CNN recently faced backlash after a report, claiming the rescue of a prisoner in Syria, was revealed to be inaccurate. The ...
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 ...
Man released from Syrian prison in viral CNN report was actually intelligence officer for Assad
The outlet disclosed that it had discovered the supposed civilian was Salama Mohammad Salama, a lieutenant in Assad's Air Force Intelligence Directorate.