CAIRO — Syrian authorities have detained two Americans amid an unprecedented wave of protests in the repressive Middle East nation, relatives and state media said Saturday.
Syria’s state news agency, Sana, alleged that a man with dual U.S.-Egyptian citizenship had “confessed” to selling photos and videos of demonstrations to a Colombian woman. He was identified by relatives as Mohammed Radwan, 32, of Austin, Texas.
A Vermont man said his son Pathik “Tik” Root, 21, who had been missing since March 18, has been found in Syrian custody. Tom Root said his son, a Middlebury College student who had been studying Arabic in Damascus as part of a program through Damascus University, was detained during a demonstration in the capital.
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