Concerns Over Deportation and Detention

Unfortunately, the issue of deportation

is still there. They called us and told us

we had to find a country for him within ten days. Of course, the first thing they gave us was

the threat of ten days. Then they backed down from that.

They said, no, you don't have time.

Of course, after we told them we couldn't make a move within ten days.

And of course, the order came in a phone call. There was no official decision.

There was no decision at all. It was almost like an order.

From two figures. One from Syrian security and one from Palestinian security.

They made the same demand of us. As for the reason for the arrest, there was none. They took him from the house.

They supposedly searched the house. And supposedly, I don't know

what they were looking for. We didn't know what they were looking for.

Then Dad went with them to understand what it was about. And since then.

I mean, this happened on September 18, 2025.

They really did come and search the house.

And of course, what they mostly asked about was money. Whether there was any money.

There was only 500 dollars in the house to begin with.

And then they took all the documents. There were, of course, as in any family.

They had put our papers in Samsonite suitcases. Our personal documents.

Our passports. Our birth certificates. Our university degrees.

And the passports. Of course, they took the suitcases with everything in them.

There were two suitcases. To this day, they have not returned them to us.

Of course, they took my father's phone and his laptop. His personal laptop.

They took his tablet as well. Circumstances of detention.

At a Syrian security headquarters. He is currently there. I mean,

Over about a year, we saw him around four times.

Now, sir, the point regarding the issue of pressure.

If there had been such a thing, they should have told him. I told you.

Or I said that in the first three months, he was not subjected to anything.

No one spoke to him about anything, even though he asked, “Why am I here?”

“I want to see those in charge.” No one saw him. And he told me they barely

knew my name. This is also an important point.

They did not know much about who he was or what kind of person he was.

Three months later. They were just chats. They'd come over and stay up with him, for example.

They'd ask him what he used to do for work, what he used to do. There were no questions.

He told me, "I was never put in an interrogation setting. There wasn't one."

They didn't tell him anything, not even about Israel.

Or that this woman had spoken to us. It was never mentioned to him.

Even though he's the one they have. He's the threatened person.

He was supposed to be told. Up until two weeks ago, the last time I saw him.

He was shocked by the Israel thing. He told me that they—

I mean, if Israel wanted me, first of all, they'd take me.

Second, he told me, "I have no problems with Israel."

Most importantly, his activities weren't humanitarian. The whole camp can testify to that.

Whether before the revolution, from 2009, up to this moment.

Before his arrest, his activities were purely humanitarian and service-oriented.

He had no activities. And I tried to contact

the Interior Ministry, the Justice Ministry, to see if he had anything against him, so we'd hire him a lawyer.

At the very least, appoint a lawyer. Look into the case proceedings. They refused.

Because there is no case. They told me, “How can you hire a lawyer

for a name that does not exist?”

And the case does not exist either. At the very least, the application needs a case number.

And a reason for the arrest. None of that exists.

Of course, we reject deportation. And of course, I mean, we do not reject deportation

so that he remains in prison. No, we reject deportation. And we demand his release.

There is nothing against him. He has not been confronted with any charges. It will soon be a year.

He has the right to have a lawyer if charges are brought against him.

And the lawyer can defend him or seek his release. That is the most important message.

We stayed silent for a year, at his request. He told us, “Do not speak.”

And that the matter would be resolved, based on promises. Every two months,

we were given promises. Since Ramadan, February.

Until August, we were given promises that he would be released.

The issue of deportation was never raised at all. Not even the idea of him leaving the country.

It wasn't brought up. I mean, even... Even if it was discussed.

It wasn't said that he wasn't a Syrian citizen. He has Syrian documents.

That's the first thing, he has Syrian documents. He has a Syrian ID.

So no one has the right to deport him. Secondly, there is no country that would take him in.

I mean, Dad is a 71-year-old elderly man. His health is so-so.

I mean, he has illnesses. For example, Dad can only hear out of one ear.

He has health problems. He also has vestibular vertigo.

He suffers from vestibular vertigo.

I mean, he gets dizzy and faints. So where is he supposed to go?

And basically, if... if there are threats, or if Israel is pursuing him,

then no country will take him in. That's the main thing: the country will either take him in and arrest him

and hand him over to Israel, or he'll be deported back to Syria again.

I mean, we'll go back to the same vicious cycle: that he goes back to prison. Or... there is no...

There is no way, I mean. Deportation is completely out of the question.

And of course, our main demand is... I mean, we hope...

We hope for the best from the government. We have complete faith in the government.

It does not accept injustice. It does not accept that an elderly man should be treated unjustly.

At the end of his life, or be sent far from his family and relatives.

And the country where he lived. Dad has been in Damascus since 1992.

So where is the person who proposed ten days to him?

Can anyone spend 34 years somewhere, and then

be expected to leave within ten days? That is our main message.

Revoke the deportation order, because it is unjust. Even the detention is unjust.

There is nothing against him. Or come and tell us. I ask that someone come to us.

Do not make a public statement, come to us. Tell us what this man has done.

That this man embarrasses us. That this man causes pressure.

And to confirm, wherever he is, he signed a document.

Saying that he does not want to work in service and humanitarian activities either.

He is a man who wants to leave and sit at home with his family. He does not want anything else.

And he no longer wants to do any work. He signed this document.

It was his own initiative. It wasn't requested of him. And when we hand it over to their officials.

They asked him, "Why did you write this? We didn't ask you for it."

And we couldn't ask you to.

You're a man who provides services. Of course, we can't prevent you from doing so.

That was the scenario. Even the investigators eventually told him,

"We don't know why you're being held here."

Honestly, the last time, the investigator came in and apologized to him.

Word for word, he apologized and said, "I'm sorry."

"But I don't know why you're being held here, and I can't order your

release."

Now, regarding the letter to the President, we appeal to President Ahmed

al-Sharaa to look into my father's case.

Whether it's the deportation order or the unlawful detention

without any charges or trial.

We hope for a response from any government official.

The point is, even if there was an issue, it could simply have been addressed

from the day he went to them, by explaining this to him.

I mean, at the end of the day,

Dad is a political, educated man, and he knows. He surely went

That can be appreciated. That's much better than how they handled it.

Whether with him or with us. It was a cover-up at first.

To be fair, they've treated him well.

But the idea that someone doesn't contact their family, and they don't know where he is.

Frankly, that's suspicious. As for Israel...

I told you, we neither confirm nor deny it. As for external pressure,

they could have been honest about this matter, at least with him.

They may not tell us, but they should tell him. Like I told you, I saw him three weeks ago.

The subject of Israel never came up with him, nor did the issue of pressure.

Nor that your presence causes us embarrassment. If that's the case, I have no problem with it.

Go tell him that. But at the same time, he has nowhere to go.

Then the state could coordinate if this person is under threat.

Or if this person causes us embarrassment, they could coordinate with another country to take him.

But based on his consent and a clear reason. Not a unilateral decision.

It'll be ready in 30 seconds, and it's cheap.