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a cousin of ousted Bashar Assad and former political security chief in Syria’s Daraa city, over crimes against civilians, including children, according to the state news agency SANA on Friday.

Najib was the head of political security in Daraa in southern Syria, under Assad’s regime. Syria’s nationwide uprising was sparked by the arrest and torture of children in Daraa, whom ...

Syria arrests Assad-era officer credited with triggering 2011 uprising Atef Najib, a brigadier general and former head of the Political Security Department in Daraa, was arrested by General ...

The 2011 arrest and torture of a group of Syrian boys in Daraa, where Najib was security chief, sparked protests and eventually ignited a nationwide uprising that was met with a brutal crackdown ...

Members of the new Syrian security forces stand outside a security building in Nawa, near Daraa, Syria, January 4, 2025. [AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy] Reports of excessive violence and executions of ...

Sana said Najib was handed over to the authorities to face trial. The arrest and torture of a group of Syrian boys in Daraa, where Najib was security chief, sparked protests and eventually ignited ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Syrian authorities have arrested Atef Najib, former political security chief in the city of Daraa, in a security operation in the coastal province of Latakia ...

Syria’s new leadership announced on Friday the arrest of Atif Najib, a cousin of ousted leader Bashar Al-Assad, who is accused of leading a deadly crackdown in Daraa, the birthplace of 2011 ...