Lebanon deported Reuters journalist after questioning


Reuters senior correspondent Suleiman al-Khalidi is seen in Amman March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji/File Photo

(Reuters) - Lebanon deported a Reuters correspondent after questioning him on arrival at Beirut airport at the start of a reporting assignment last month, detaining him overnight before putting him on a flight to Jordan.

Suleiman al-Khalidi, a Jordanian national, flew to Beirut on Aug. 2 but was stopped by officials at passport control who took him aside for questioning and asked him to surrender his company laptop computer and mobile phone, Khalidi said.

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