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2024-12-17 18:50:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CE2412BD043967306FC28F6F29426E9EC97C1F7B28EAD87923A175A331A369E3
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Following CNN's report, Syrian media claimed the man was an officer for Syria's brutal Air Force Intelligence, detained due to a dispute over profit-sharing from extorted funds. https://verify-sy.com/en/details/10562/Did-CNN-Fabricate-the-Story-of--Freeing-a-Prisoner-from-a-Secret-Jail-- Furthermore, SARC is known to have been extensively compromised by the Assad regime. https://syriaaccountability.org/inside-the-syrian-arab-red-crescent/
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