Syrian Inventor Adnan Wahoud Gets Passport Back in Germany After 43 Years

The Syrian embassy in Berlin has returned a passport to Syrian scientist and inventor Dr. Adnan Wahoud, 43 years after it was confiscated.

The confiscation was attributed to Wahoud’s refusal to submit to extortion by security authorities. Its reversal brings an end to a decades-long deprivation of the document.

Wahoud holds 76 patents, a record that distinguishes him as an inventor alongside his scientific work.

The circumstances surrounding the embassy’s decision to return the passport were not detailed, nor was it clear what prompted the move at this time.