The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

British doctor detained by Syrian security services

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Aleppo province: The Syrian security forces have detained Abbas Khan, a British doctor who has been working in field hospitals in Saraqeb and has transferred to Aleppo last Sunday, where he was eventually detained. Activists in Saraqeb report that Dr.Khan was not one of the foreign fighters or Jihadis who have come into Syria, and that his work was only humanitarian in helping those who required medical assistance. He has previously been In Saraqeb last August, he returned recently with his medical equipment and after assessing that the situation in Saraqeb was relatively calm he decided to go to Aleppo.

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