US citizen Bilal Abdul Kareem released from prison by HTS in Syria
The American activist and self-styled journalist spent six months in the jihadist group's notorious prison system.
An American-born activist imprisoned by the Syrian Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been released, the group announced today.
HTS arrested Bilal Abdul Kareem in August amid a crackdown on activists and aid workers perceived as critical to its activities and policies in Idlib province, Syria’s last remaining Arab opposition enclave.