Iraqi chief journalist urges release of reporter detained in Syria

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Journalists’ Syndicate called on the Syrian government on Friday to intervene to release Iraqi journalist Haifaa al-Husseini, detained by Syrian security authorities for five days. “Contacts are now underway with Syrian official and syndicate organizations to intervene for the release of Husseini, who was arrested five days ago in al-Mazza area, the Syrian capital Damascus, by Syrian security agencies,” the syndicate chairman, Mouayad al-Lami, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “There were no apparent reasons for the Syrian security forces’ raid on al-Fayhaa channel office and the detention of its director,” Lami said. AmR (P) 1