Abssi”s Daughter Lives in Ain al-Hilweh, Not Arrested in Syria
Abdul Razzaq Abssi on Monday denied remarks attributed to Syrian President Bashar Assad that his niece was arrested in Syria and has testified to alleged schemes by followers of her father, Fatah al-Islam leader Shaker Abssi, to carry out terrorist attacks.
"My niece Wafaa has been living in the camp of Ain el-Hilweh in south Lebanon since the events at the Nahr al-Bared camp were over last year and has not moved to Syria and has not been arrested in Syria," Abssi said.
He told al-Jazeera television his niece "is not allowed into Syria. Her children were allowed into Syria because they hold Syrian identification documents like their father. But the mother (Wafaa) has been banned from entering Syria because she is a Jordanian citizen."
"She preferred to remain united with her children in Ain el-Hilweh pending a decision by either the Syrian or Jordanian authorities to allow in the whole family," Abssi added.