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Idriss FaresAge: 41 yearsPlace of residence: Kamed al-Laouz, West BekaaDate of arrest: Nov. 14, 2024Place of arrest: Syrian checkpoint, Syrian General SecurityDetention duration: 24 daysDetention location: “Palestine Branch”Date of release: Dec. 8, 2024, fall of the Assad regimeOn Nov. 14, 2024, in the midst of the war between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon, Idriss Fares traveled to Syria for the first time. He went with a friend to check on part of his paternal family living in Saboura, in the Rif Dimashq governorate, in southwest Syria. But what was meant to be a short visit quickly turned into a living nightmare: after crossing the Lebanese side of the Masnaa border post, the Syrian General Security forces arrested him. Idriss never found out why."They thought I was working against Syria in Lebanon… But each time, they changed...
Idriss FaresAge: 41 yearsPlace of residence: Kamed al-Laouz, West BekaaDate of arrest: Nov. 14, 2024Place of arrest: Syrian checkpoint, Syrian General SecurityDetention duration: 24 daysDetention location: “Palestine Branch”Date of release: Dec. 8, 2024, fall of the Assad regimeOn Nov. 14, 2024, in the midst of the war between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon, Idriss Fares traveled to Syria for the first time. He went with a friend to check on part of his paternal family living in Saboura, in the Rif Dimashq governorate, in southwest Syria. But what was meant to be a short visit quickly turned into a living nightmare: after crossing the Lebanese side of the Masnaa border post, the Syrian General Security forces arrested him. Idriss never found out why."They thought I was working against Syria in Lebanon… But each time, they...
