The government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Sunday it had arrested unnamed individuals with its “state security” apparatus for human rights violations against the Druze people during clashes this summer.
The official Syrian government news outlet, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), cited the top official in charge of a task force to investigate violence in Suwayda (or Sweida), Syria’s Druze stronghold, who said he had “requested the arrest of several army, security, and civilian personnel suspected of involvement in abuses.” The Emirati newspaper The National reported on Monday that arrests had occurred in relation to the reported slaughter of dozens of civilians in the region.
Judge Hatem al-Naasan, leading the task force investigating the violence in Suwayda, did not name any of the individuals allegedly a
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