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A Syrian journalist for a pro-regime outlet has gone into hiding and fears being arrested after repeatedly criticising corruption in the country, according to reports. The crackdown against Waqqaf comes after he pointed out that Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad hosted an actor while protests over a drop in living standards were ongoing in Suweida. Kenan Waqqaf, a journalist who used to work for the state-run daily Al-Wehda , released a video in which he said that “heavily armed security forces” had surrounded his house in the city of Tartous with the intention to arrest him. Waqqaf said he was…