Oscar-nominated Syrian visa refused

- The Syrian filmmaker Khaled Khatib can not attend the Oscar ceremony in Los Angeles. The US authorities have revoked the visa of the maker of the documentary White Helmets.

would the agency for internal security 'suspect' information found on the documentary, reports Deadline. That could mean anything, of involvement in terrorism to irregularities in the passport.

Khatib and Raed Saleh, the leader of the White Helmets, reprobate weeks of uncertainty by the travel ban was promulgated by President Donald Trump, among other inhabitants of Syria. A week ago they announced that they had received a visa and still wanted to go to the ceremony.

The documentary White Helmets, on voluntary rescue workers in Syria, is nominated in the short documentary category. An insight is given into the White Helmets daily lives. 'It's important that people understand that people live in Syria that they want the same things: peace, family life without the fear of bombs,' said Khatib.