Published date: 17 February 2021 12:35 UTC
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Syrian militant group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has released US journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem after imprisoning him for six months in northwest Syria.
HTS detained Abdul Kareem in August after he reported on allegations that the militant group tortured detainees inside its prisons.
Abdul Kareem is a Middle East Eye contributor who has been in opposition-controlled Syria since 2014. His detention followed a string of arrests by HTS of aid workers and journalists in Idlib province and its environs.
Moazzam Begg, the outreach director for UK-based human rights group CAGE, campaigned for Abdul Kareem's release and spoke to him after he was freed.