Damascus releases last two Fatah movement prisoners

The human rights society in Syria announced yesterday that the Syrian authorities released the last two remaining Syrian prisoners who were working in the Palestinian Fatah Movement, 20 years after their detention.

The organization said in a statement that the "security forces in Syria released last week Jawad al-Jabi and al-Albert al-Taweel from Damascus after a detention lasted for 20 years of which two years were spent in Mukhabart (internal intelligence) centers, and 14 years in Palmyra detention center, and four years in Sednaya military prison," noting that al-Jabi and al-Taweel were jailed "on the ground of a sentence issued by a military court, though they are two civilians."

The chairman of the society Fayez al-Fawaz said that "al-Jabee and al-Taweel are the two last Syrians working in Fatah to be released."