Al-Majd: Certain Iraqi opposition papers banned in Syria

The Jordanian weekly al-Majd said Tuesday that a Syrian media decision was issued in Damascus preventing the issuance of Iraqi opposition press in Damascus, banning circulation of such papers published abroad in the Syrian territories, and also halting all media criticism against the Iraqi regime from any source, whatsoever.

The paper said that this decision targeted several papers for the Iraqi opposition some of which are issued in Damascus and the other abroad, mainly al-Itijah al-Akhar ( the other's direction), al-Itisam ( the sit in ), al-Wifaq ( reconciliation; Baghdad and Nidaa al-Rafeydeen ( the call of the two tributaries.) in addition to other ten papers.

Al-Majd said that most owners of these papers and their editors had reservations about this Syrian decision, while certain Iraqi opposition members in Damascus like Issam Abu Hilala and Dawoud Shehab welcomed it.