Swedish journalist released by Syrian regime forces

posted on: Feb 23, 2015

A Swedish freelance journalist, who went missing close to an ISIS-controlled area in Syria, was freed on Saturday after being held for a week by Syrian government forces.

Joakim Medin, 30, told Swedish daily newspaper Expressen on Sunday he was arrested earlier this week by the Syrian regime at a roadblock in al-Qamishli, a Syrian town on the Turkish border.

He said he was held in an isolation cell with no light for a week but was not exposed to physical violence.

”I feel OK. I’m exhausted both in my mind and body, but it’s OK,” Medin told Expressen.

Medin said he was not sure when he would return home to Sweden and that he had not bought a ticket back yet.

Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com