CNN is investigating the identity of a man rescued from a Syrian jail, as he may have provided a false name. The man, initially identified as Adel Ghurbal, claimed to have been arrested and interrogated by Syrian intelligence. However, Syrian fact-checking organization Verify-Sy alleges the man's real name is Salama Mohammad Salama and that he was a Syrian air force intelligence officer involved in various crimes. CNN is continuing its investigation into the man's background and the broader situation.
CNN is investigating the identity of a man the US broadcaster showed being rescued from a Syrian jail as he may have given a “false identity”.The man said his name was Adel Ghurbal and he’d been taken from the city Homs to the Syrian capital by the intelligence services.The man, found under a blanket in a prison in Damascus by Clarissa Ward, the broadcaster’s chief international correspondent, claimed he had been arrested three months ago and interrogated about his phone contacts.
He gave his name as Adel Ghurbal and said he was taken from his home in the city of Homs to the Syrian capital by the intelligence services. He managed several security checkpoints in Homs and was involved in theft, extortion and coercing residents into becoming regime informants, it claimed. The spokesman continued: “No one other than the CNN team was aware of our plans to visit the prison building featured in our report that day.
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