Monday, October 04, 2010

Teen blogger in Syria accused of being American spy...

The authorities in Syria are accusing a schoolgirl blogger held incommunicado for the past nine months of spying for the American embassy in Egypt, Al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday.

Citing informed Syrian sources, it said Tal al-Mallohi, 19, who is being held at Duma women's prison near Damascus, "spied for the US embassy in Cairo, resulting in a street attack on a Syrian security services officer last November 17."

The daily, which is close to the government, said the attack in the Egyptian capital resulted in the officer being handicapped for the rest of his life. More...

Read also: Teen blogger in Syria detained for 9 months without charge... 

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