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Syrian regime frees Islamist scholar in prisoner swap

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime on Sunday freed a prominent Islamist scholar after 12  years in detention, such a release has sparked worries by opposition activists who accused Damascus of fueling radicalism.

Sheikh Hassan Soufan, who was released in a prisoner swap deal, has spent over a decade notorious Sednaya military prison north of capital.

No further details revealed over the swap deal and number of the freed detainees.

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