#syria detains prominent #filmmaker at Lebanese border
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Syria’s best-known filmmaker was taken in for questioning by Syrian intelligence forces at the Lebanese border as he made his way to a Geneva film festival Tuesday, a friend told AFP. Mohammed Malas was travelling to Beirut to take a flight to Geneva, where his latest film “Ladder to Damascus” is set to feature in the Swiss city’s upcoming film festival. Malas “phoned me to tell me he is being held for questioning by Syrian intelligence at the Syrian-Lebanese border,” his friend said on condition of anonymity. read more