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Eight Syrians arrested in the US at charges of entering the country illegally

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An American court on Thursday evening accused 8 Syrians of entering the US illegally.

News reports said that the 8 Syrians where taken outside the court of Virginia on Thursday after the judge has accused them of entering the country illegally. The 8 persons will be detained until the next session of trial on October 30.

The reports added that those Syrians said they came to the US on board of a boat from France by a team including agents from the FBI.

Worthy mentioning that detained Syrians are Salem Hatwek ( 28 year old); Adnan Halawi ( 35 year old); Husam Halawi ( 25 year old), Hatwak Talaat ( 29 year old); Jacques Touman ( 18 year old); Kamel Ashqar ( 23 year old); Suleiman Bittar ( 29 year old) and Elias Batash ( 22 year old).

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