Abboud was released on bail on Monday, while the Syrian authorities set a date for the trial to be held in a military court. If convicted, he faces up to three years in prison.

We have a trial date set of May 27. I think you're all going to learn on May 27 that these six or seven hundred pages are like a big piece of cotton candy. When you bite into it, it just doesn't -- it just doesn't exist,

I believe the reason he was arrested was because the authorities were surprised by the speed with which he reported on these issues. None of the other papers got there as quickly as Abboud did. Maybe the authorities were suspicious.

This is a sign to the EU and other countries that it's hopeless to form civil society here and promote change.

Political violence against women cannot be separated from political violence against the society since women are part of that society.

We applied for bail at 23:00 and he was released on a warning.