May 8, 2011
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan says it is trying to secure the release of 20 Jordanians detained by Syrian security forces.
The announcement comes as authorities in Syria have stepped up a campaign of violence and arrests as a seven-week-old uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime has spread nationwide.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Kayed said Sunday that it appears the 20 Jordanians were not arrested as one group, but separately. He said the reasons behind the arrests, the location and timing are unclear.
Kayed said his ministry has been working over the past four days through the Jordanian Embassy in Damascus to uncover information about the arrests and to free those detained. However, he said Syria has so far not responded.
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