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CNN says it was misled by man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward

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A Syrian fact-checking organization first suggested Sunday that the man was a lieutenant in the Assad regime’s Air Force Intelligence Directorate .

CNN confirmed Monday evening that it was misled by a man who was freed from a Syrian prison last week .

The man identified himself as “a civilian” named Adel Ghurbal , who was taken by the intelligence service three months ago and interrogated.