It was only a matter of time before was arrested as he continued to criticize the regime and its oppression, going so far as to attack the President himself. did not hide and he remained in his home and at his job in the Hama-based Fedaa newspaper.
كان من الغريب بقائه خارج أقبية الأمن، رغم أنه استمر في نقد النظام و قمعه، و وصل إلى شخص الرئيس، وهو لم يتخفّى وبقي في سكنه وفي وظيفته، في جريدة الفداء الرسمية، التي تصدر في حمـاة.