Writer and journalist Mohamed Tahan Jamal arrested

Writer and journalist Mohamed Tahan Jamal was arrested in the northern city of Aleppo during a wave of preventive arrests by the security forces. A contributor to the pro-government daily Tishreen, he is one of 28 Aleppo intellectuals to sign the “Aleppo Appeal for the Nation,” a call for political reforms and a peaceful transition that was submitted to the city’s governor and posted on Facebook.