Al-Jazeera reporter not heard from in Syria

An Al-Jazeera journalist has not been heard from since she entered Syria on Friday to report on the political turmoil there, the Arab satellite TV station said Monday.

A regional official of the Committee to Protect Journalists said there was "strong evidence" to suggest the journalist, Dorothy Parvaz, had been detained on arrival at Damascus airport on a flight from Qatar. She has US, Iranian and Canadian citizenship, and formerly was a reporter and columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (AP)