Lebanese released from Assad jail after 33 years given hero's welcome

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Lebanese released from Assad jail after 33 years given hero's welcome

In the northern Lebanon town of Chekka, Suheil Hamawi received a heartfelt welcome as he returned home Monday after languishing for 33 years in deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's jails.A day earlier, as Assad fled the country, Islamist-led rebels captured the Syrian capital and released thousands of prisoners from his notorious jail system."Today I feel like I can breathe again. The best thing in this world is freedom," Hamawi, 61, told …

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Beirut - “Al-Quds Al-Arabi”: After spending 33 years in the prisons of the Syrian regime, the freed Lebanese Salim Hamwi returned to the town of Chekka (Batroun District in the North Governorate), in a move that raised hopes for the return of the remaining missing and detained persons. Hamwi was received by a large crowd of the town’s residents, in addition to the parish priest, Father Ibrahim Shaheen, and MP Adeeb Abdul-Masih. The Lebanese News…

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Suhail Al-Hamwi, son of the town of Shka, was released from Assad’s prisons after 33 years in prison and is on his way to Lebanon:

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A new Lebanese detainee, Suhail al-Hamwi from Chekka, was released from a Syrian prison after 33 years of detention. The post After 33 years in Syrian prisons… Suhail al-Hamwi released from Chekka appeared first on Daily News Lb.