A/HRC/4/41 page 84 Syrian Arab Republic Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 15 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 1 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 2 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 16 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Urgent actions 408. The Working Group transmitted one urgent action to the Syrian authorities on 12 April 2006. The case concerned Mohammad Al-Abdullah, who was reportedly abducted from his home in the city of Qatana on 23 March 2006. The Syrian Army was alleged to be responsible. Information from the Government 409. The Government sent responses concerning the cases of two men. The first concerned a Lebanese national who disappeared on 1 April 1998. The authorities reported on 13 April 2006 that the subject had been released on 13 November 2005 under a political amnesty declared by the President of the Republic. 410. Regarding the case of a Lebanese male who reportedly disappeared on 1 January 1994 and was last seen at the interrogation section in a prison in Damascus, the Government reported that the subject was abducted by the Union of People’s Forces organization and that he has “not been heard from since”. 411. The Working Group decided that the information provided was not sufficient to clarify the cases. Two communications from the Government, both dated 10 July 2006, could not be translated by the United Nations translation services in time for consideration by the Working Group for inclusion in the present report. Information from sources 412. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 413. The majority of the cases of disappearance reported to the Working Group in the past occurred between 1980 and 1994. The security forces or military intelligence were allegedly responsible. Among the victims were students, medical doctors, military personnel and an artist.