US-Canadian-Iranian journalist not heard from after arriving in Syria to report on unrest

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BEIRUT - An Al-Jazeera journalist has not been heard from since she entered Syria on Friday to report on the political turmoil there, the Arab satellite TV station said Monday.

A regional official of the Committee to Protect Journalists said there was "strong evidence" to suggest the journalist, Dorothy Parvaz, had been detained on arrival at Damascus airport on a flight from Qatar. She has U.S., Iranian and Canadian citizenship, and formerly was a reporter and columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

"We are deeply concerned for Dorothy's safety, security, and well-being," Al-Jazeera said in a statement. "We are requesting full co-operation from the Syrian authorities to determine what happened at the airport, what her current location is, and the status of her health."

Parvaz joined Al-Jazeera in 2010 and recently reported on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. The station said she graduated from the University of British Columbia, obtained a masters from Arizona University, and held journalism fellowships at both Harvard and Cambridge universities.

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Not such a good idea

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Thanks nuconvert.

An Al-Jazeera journalist has not been heard from since she entered Syria on Friday...

...but we shouldn't do anything about this, because Syria's still needed as a partner for Israeli-Arab peace. Oh, and someone might vandalize a mosque in Maine.