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The radical islamist militant group Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham, has decided to execute a Syrian citizen-journalist after one year in captivity, accusing him of contacting Hezbollah and Israel, Zaman al-Wasl newspaper said.
They claims he helped them to plan attacks against the Islamic State (ISIS) and jihadists groups in northern Syria, local activists and monitoring groups said, according to the newspaper.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Tahrir al-Sham had issued a death sentence against Amjad al-Maleh, who is from the town of Madaya, near the capital.
The execution is expected to be carried out in the following two weeks. Maleh is being held on charge of “giving the coordinates of ISIS positions to Israel and the US-led International Coalition”, according to the Observatory.
Last June, Maleh’s colleague Hossam Mahmoud was released, but since then Maleh has not found his way to freedom.
Tahrir al Sham arrested Maleh at the same time as Mahmoud, on Dec. 10, 2017, as they reported near the northern city of Idleb.
Formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra, Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham is the dominant force in Idlib and has killed most of its opponents including citizen journalists and human rights advocates.