in the article, as mentioned, theamerican journalistclarissa ward, the foreign correspondent for cnn, accompanied the rebels to one of the prisons in order to cover the release of the prisoners up close. in one of the cells, she and her team happened to come across a prisoner who had been imprisoned for three months, and they were the ones who told him that the assad regime had fallen." are you serious?" he asked them in astonishment, and they answered, "syria is free." the prisoner, who identified himself as adel gharbel from the city of homs, told staff that he had not heard from his family and children since he was imprisoned. however, earlier this week, verify-sy, part of a fact-checking network, reported that it had identified the prisoner as a first lieutenant in syrian air force intelligence during the assad regime. after the report was broadcast, the company searched for the prisoner's identity in public records, and when it found no proof of his existence, it began interviewing locals in the city of homs, where, as noted, he claimed to live. after they did not recognize adal either, verify-sy finally identified him as salameh muhammad salameh, also known as "abu hamza"  who was in the service of the syrian army. verify-sy, citing local reports, said salameh was thrown into a damascus prison less than a month ago following a dispute with a more senior officer over money. in addition, it is alleged that salameh participated in the killing and torture of civilians in 2014, and that he was involved in "stealing, extorting, and forcing residents to become informants."   81482801061980   427159830708
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