The prisoner CNN escorted out of jail after he was freed by Syrian rebels was actually a notorious member of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, who tricked the outlet and rebels into helping ...

CNN says it is investigating the background and identity of a man featured in a stunning recent report that appeared to show his discovery in a Syrian prison and his subsequent release. The report, ...

CNN admitted Monday it had been misled by a man who the network initially reported in a viral segment to be a Syrian prisoner freed from a secret jail. CNN’s Clarissa Ward's news segment spread widely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CNN confirmed Monday that it had been deceived about the identity of a man featured in a viral news report last week appearing to ...

A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen ...

In media news, CNN is facing widespread backlash after the fact-checking group Verify-Sy and CNN’s own investigation determined that a person interviewed on a CNN video report claiming to be a Syrian ...

Not everything was as it seemed when CNN captured the release of a prisoner from a Damascus jail. The man was not who he said he was. He was actually a lieutenant in the Bashar al-Assad regime’s Air ...

CNN is acknowledging that a gripping story it aired last week depicting a Syrian man being let free from a Damascus prison after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad's regime was not what it seemed. The ...