ALBAWABA - Israeli forces raided the house of a Syrian journalist in the Quneitra countryside and detained him for questioning, the Syrian Journalists Union said on Wednesday.
The Syrian Journalists Union condemned on Wednesday the raid by Israeli soldiers on the home of journalist Sanad Ayed al-Hamad in the Quneitra countryside, southern Syria, considering this step to be an act of intimidation aimed at "obscuring the truth."
In a statement, the union condemned "in the strongest terms the Israeli occupation forces' raid on the home of union member and journalist Sanad Ayed al-Hamad in the town of Saida Al-Golan in the southern Quneitra countryside, and his subjection to arbitrary interrogation," noting that this "is a violation of international conventions and norms related to the protection of journalists."
Earlier, SANA News Agency reported that "an Israeli occupation force infiltrated and deployed after midnight last night in the village of Saida al-Golan in the southern Quneitra countryside, interrogating a number of residents, including journalist al-Hamad, before withdrawing from the area."
The motives for the raid are unknown, and the Syrian authorities have not commented on it.
The union held the occupation authorities "fully responsible" for what Sanad Al-Hamad and his family were subjected to, considering this "systematic behavior to be part of a policy of intimidating journalists, targeting media work, and attempts to obscure the facts."
