1,800 Palestinian refugees detained in Syria in 2021, says rights group

The Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria has revealed that 1,797 Palestinian refugees were held in detention by the Syrian regime as at the end of last year. As many as 42 Palestinian refugees in Syria were arrested in 2021, including 32 by the Syrian opposition forces in northern Syria and Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham in Idlib. They included a Palestinian child.