 DAMASCUS - Syrian authorities have arrested at least 14 Islamists in connection with a foiled “terror plot” in Damascus earlier this month, a rights group said on Saturday. “Syrian authorities on Friday arrested more than 14 young Islamists from the village of Erbein, suspected of links to the operation aimed at targeting radio and television stations on June 2,” said Ammar Al Qorabi, president of the National Organization for Human Rights in Syria. In his statement, Qorabi asked authorities to “act according to the law.”
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A second rights group, the Syrian Human Rights Organization, said the authorities had arrested around “a dozen people from Erbein and taken them to an unknown destination.” It also asked Syrian authorities to be “responsible” and not resort to methods “which would violate human rights” as it attempts to protect “the security of its citizens.”
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Syria said it had foiled a “terror operation” in Damascus after security forces killed four militants and captured four others holding out in buildings next to state radio and television. The clashes, which took place close to Umayyad Square in the heart of the Syrian capital, were the first near a public building in Damascus since a standoff between the authorities and the banned Muslim Brotherhood in the 1980s. |