Mohammad Al Sayed, an employee in a construction company in Latakia and father of two children, was abducted at a checkpoint in Slanfah, in the Latakia governorate, on September 22, 2012 by members of the military security services and the armed forces.

Al Sayed’s family was unofficially informed that, following his arrest, he was brought directly to the Latakia branch of the military security services. However, when his relatives went to the branch one week after the arrest to enquire about his fate and whereabouts, the authorities denied his presence on their premises.

In October 2015, his family went to Damascus and enquired about his fate and whereabouts with the military police in Qaboun, the anti-terrorism court, and the judicial palace, but to no avail.