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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham arrests US citizen Bilal Abdul Kareem in Syria’s Idlib

The State Department has yet to publicly acknowledge the activist's disappearance
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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants arrested American-born activist Bilal Abdul Kareem in Syria’s Idlib province Thursday, his stepson said in a video posted to social media.

Abdul Kareem was taken from his car and taken into custody by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants alongside his driver, identified as Abu Mohamad al-Homsi, near the city of Atmeh in the Idlib countryside, the stepson said.

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