CNN witnesses moment man is freed from Syrian prison

In a report from Syria, CNN's Clarissa Ward discovers a man in a cell in a Damascus jail who claimed to be an ordinary citizen imprisoned by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Since this report was published, CNN has continued to look into the background of the prisoner freed by the rebels. According to local residents in Syria, he was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Assad regime.
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[CNN]

Since this report was published, CNN has continued to look into the background of the prisoner featured in it. Subsequent reporting has revealed that the man, who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels, was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed. An image obtained by CNN 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.

[usr]

As a Syrian this video deeply offends me. Shame on you CNN!

[Anuskasv]

Jussie Smollett told a more convincing story than this

[davekent]

The Prisoner didn't even squint his eyes when he came out from the dark

[alexcortez]

This ‘prisoner’ turned out to be an Assad torturer. LOL CNN! 😂

[daveschmidt]

Clarissa Ward was so shocked at this totally legitimate discovery that she forgot that she can speak arabic!

[markbarry]

No one is mentioning the lack of human waste. How is the cell so clean???

[rachael]

I'm SO embarrassed for you, Clarissa and CNN.

[mikesmusicden]

That "prisoner" looks way better than I do when I wake up. I call BS...

[AbdulatifSalat]

Why would an internatioonal media network try to insult people's intelligence? They think we are stupid?

[Itsmattroot]

The cell is so clean for someone who's been there for months

[Tomi-scdv]

America is full of people who believe this. Scary.

[dh]

My deepest condolences to anyone who thinks this is real and not staged

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Clarissa Ward will probably be nominated for an Emmy ....

[Aldornas]

I searched "CNN prisoner hoax" and this was the first result.

[purplepanther]

CNN well done. Very well staged. Oscar performance.

[grospipo]

This has to be a bad joke... CNN this is not journalism.

[AndreuRivera]

I urge everyone to hit the report button and label this as misinformation

[mrtee]

looking that hydrated and full of energy after 4 days without food or water!! 😂

[rosemarybdea]

Why is Clarissa speaking to him in English when she speaks perfectly good Arabic and he is traumatized?