Syrian journalist at risk of deportation after Jordan arrest

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Al-Araby

Jordanian authorities on Wednesday arrested a Syrian opposition journalist and three other Syrians in Amman, several Syrian and Arab media sources have reported. Ibrahim Awwad was detained byJordanian security forces who stormed his home in the Souq Al-Sultan area of the Jordanian capital and confiscated his laptop, phone, and other digital equipment, the Syrian online magazine Al-Qabdah said on Friday. Awwad, who is from the town of Muzairab in Syria’s restive southern province of Daraa, was then transported to the Azraq Refugee Camp and is now believed to be at risk of deportation. He later …

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