Syria frees Islamist, on hunger strike since arrest
Syrian authorities released on Tuesday a 75-year-old Islamist who has been on hunger strike since his arrest 11 days ago for calling for Egyptian-style mass protests, human rights activists said.
Ghassan al-Najjar, an engineer who spent 12 years as a political prisoner for belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood two decades ago, was set free after spending three days in hospital, they said. (Reuters)
