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CNN’s Clarissa Ward Rambles For Nearly Four Minutes On Syria’s ‘Complexities’ After False Report
CNN’s Clarissa Ward confirmed Tuesday evening that her recent story on the release of a Syrian prisoner was, in fact, about a Bashar al-Assad regime torturer, discussing for nearly four minutes ...
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CNN, Clarissa Ward draw criticism after man freed from Syrian jail turns out to be Air Force officer
A Syrian man who was filmed by a CNN crew as he was freed from a secret jail in Damascus has been identified as an Air Force intelligence agent with ties to the now-overthrown government in that ...
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CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed
The network said that it has since found out that the man shown in correspondent Clarissa Ward's report, which initially aired on Dec. 11, apparently gave a false identity. “This moment captures ...
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CNN says it was misled by the man freed in a Syria report with Clarissa Ward
“The man identified himself during the segment as ‘a civilian’ named Adel Ghurbal, who was taken by the intelligence service from his home three months ago and interrogated…But the network reported on ...
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Syrian Prisoner Freed by CNN’s Clarissa Ward May Have Been Intelligence Officer in Hiding
During a segment, CNN’s Clarissa Ward and a rebel fighter uncovered a prisoner who appeared to be still unaware of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. CNN has since said the network is ...
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Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say
In a video report, chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward and her team, accompanied by a rebel guard, came across a cell in a Damascus jail that was padlocked from the outside.