Muayyed Nureddin, an Iraqi born Canadian who was detained by Syria and has been held since Dec. 11th, is now free and on his way home. The last post I did on Nureddin is here. Dan McTeague, the MP with "special responsibility for Canadians abroad", said:
Once we knew of his detention, consular officials did their very best to get in touch with him, I know (Foreign Affairs Minister) Bill Graham had worked diligently with the Syrian ambassador and I did the same, to try impress upon them that if this man was not being charged with anything he ought not to be detained.There's nothing in the article to indicate why Nureddin was detained in the first place or precisely why he was released. It will be interesting to see if there's any follow up on this case. The article does note that two other Canadians are being held by Syria:
Since the release of Canadian Maher Arar and now, Nureddin, two Ottawa men remain in Syrian jails. McTeague said last night he did not have any new information concerning Abdullah Almalki, who Arar said he saw while detained, and Arwad Al-Bouchi.
