{"id":116379,"date":"2024-08-27T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=116379"},"modified":"2024-08-27T09:56:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T09:56:10","slug":"turkish-backed-military-police-arrest-journalist-in-aleppo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/116379\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish-backed Military Police arrest journalist in Aleppo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Al-Bab, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Turkish-backed Military Police arrested on Monday a journalist in the countryside of Aleppo in northwestern Syria and handed him over to Turkish intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Military Police arrested the journalist Bakr al-Qassem in the city of al-Bab in the northern countryside of Aleppo and then handed him over to the Turkish intelligence who transferred him to Turkish territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Arab reported, citing anonymous sources within the Turkish-baked armed opposition, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), that the military police set up a temporary checkpoint at the entrance to a market in al-Bab city, where they detained al-Qasem and his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The journalist, who works with Anadolu Agency and AFP, was initially taken to the Military Police branch in al-Bab. His wife, Nabeha Taha, a reporter for Aleppo Today, was released after about an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Qasem was later transferred to the village of Hawar Kilis, situated on the Syrian-Turkish border in northern Aleppo, at the request of Turkish intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, no information has been disclosed regarding the charges against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;By Ahmad Othman<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Bab, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Turkish-backed Military Police arrested on Monday a journalist in the countryside of Aleppo in northwestern Syria and handed him over to Turkish intelligence. 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