Salama Mohammad Salama, known locally as Abu Hamza, is a Syrian former intelligence officer for the Bashar al-Assad government. In December 2024, he was featured in a recorded rescue and interview, in which Clarissa Ward of CNN discovered him under a blanket in a locked Damascus prison cell.
During the interview, he claimed to be a civilian named Adel Gharbal from Homs who was detained three months prior.
References
- ^ "CNN confirms identity of freed Syrian prisoner as Assad intelligence officer". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- Barr, Jeremy (16 December 2024). "CNN says it was misled by man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- "CNN faces backlash over 'staged' Syrian prisoner rescue report". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
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