CNN finally names ‘freed’ Syrian prisoner as Assad officer — but sidesteps responsibility for reporting error
CNN finally confirmed the man's identity in a purportedly emotional rescue video shared last week. On Monday, news outlets published the following article: article A man who called himself Adel Garbal, video According to Chief Correspondent Clarissa Ward, it was actually Salama Mohammad Salama, also known as Abu Hamza, a lieutenant in the Syrian Air […]
CNN admits man freed in viral segment was likely ‘notorious’ torturer for Assad regime with ‘grim history’
CNN confirmed Monday that the network first reported in its Viral Corner that the man was mistakenly believed to be a Syrian prisoner released from a secret prison. CNN's Clarissa Ward's news segment last week widely reported on the alleged rescue of a “Syrian prisoner” who she reported had spent “three months in a windowless […]
FACT CHECK: Video Claiming To Show Assad Plane Crashing Is Old
video shared on facebook It claims to show former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's plane crashing. Verdict: False This video is not from Syria. It's from India. Fact check: The video claims to show Assad's plane crashing near Homs, killing him. One user wrote: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's plane crashes near Holmes! It departed from Damascus […]
Purported Bashar Assad Message, First Since Fall of Syria, Contradicts Russian Narrative
The official account of the Syrian presidential palace on the encrypted messaging app Telegram on Monday published a statement attributed to deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who voluntarily resigned as the country's leader. He insisted that he had not abandoned his soldiers. A person identified as Assad said in a statement: “During these events, I […]
‘Blood on Their Hands’ Assad Henchmen Will Pose as Refugees
War criminals from the former Assad regime should think twice before trying to disguise themselves as refugees in Germany, the government has warned, but police have warned that their overstretched resources will prevent them from trying to stop them. It's ringing. Germany is extremely aggressive in pursuing war criminals and intends to hold Bashar al-Assad's […]
Reporter’s Notebook: Chronicling the Assad regime from death of the father to defeat of the son
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Spooked by Fall of Assad and Collapse of Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis Reduce Public Appearances
U.S. special envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking said Thursday that Iran-backed Yemeni terrorist group Houthi, following the destruction and subsequent overthrow of Iran's other regional proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, at the hands of Israel. Sect leaders said they were determined to keep a low profile. Iranian client Bashar al-Assad was killed by Sunni Muslim rebels […]
Self-Identified American ‘on a Pilgrimage to Damascus’ Found Freed from Assad Prison in Syria
This week, a man emerged from a Syrian prison once run by the fallen Bashar al-Assad regime and claimed to be American Travis Timmerman. do not have He said he was in Hungary and then embarked on a “pilgrimage” to Damascus. said Timmerman, a 29-year-old from Missouri. CBS News, NBC Newsand several other media outlets […]
US officials see fall of Assad as opportunity to force Iranian regime change
With the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the weekend and construction of a new White House on the horizon, Iranian resistance leaders and U.S. lawmakers alike have warned that Iran could do the same with U.S. support. The United States has begun to express hope that it will overthrow its own leadership in […]
FACT CHECK: No, Image Doesn’t Show Assad In Moscow
image shared on facebook He claims to have met with deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Moscow, Russia. Verdict: False The image is from 2023 and shows him in Aleppo, Syria, after the earthquake. Fact check: Al-Assad, the long-time leader of the Syrian Arab Republic, has been granted asylum in Moscow after his government collapsed […]