Hytham Qassap, the only Syrian among six men arrested in Adana in May and charged with trying to obtain chemical weapons materials for the Al Nusrah Front and the Ahrar al Sham, was released pending trial; the five other suspects, all Turks, were all released after tests showed the materials seized were not sarin gas, but ingredients used to make it. Qassap denied the charges against him but admitted to contacts with the Free Syrian Army. Syria’s Grand Mufti reportedly claimed that two Syrian bishops kidnapped in April are being held in Turkey; the Turkish Foreign Ministry denied the reports.
