Reports: As Safir Correspondent Arrested in Damascus
Media reports said Thursday that As Safir newspaper”s correspondent in Damascus was arrested for alleged ties with a man lately seized in Lebanon on suspicion of spying for Israel.
OTV, however, said Thursday night that Syrian authorities released Helmi Moussa, who is a Palestinian.
Lebanese security services have arrested more than 70 people this year in a crackdown on espionage rings, and authorities in Beirut have said a number of suspected spies had crossed into Israel.