Assad's cousin arrested for role in protest suppression in Syria

Von WOM

A relative of the former Syrian leader BASHAR al-Assad was involved in 2011 to the uprising News agency Sana reported.

arrest from Atef Najib in Latakia

Atef Najib was arrested in the Latakia region, a stronghold of the Assad family, where some loyal supporters of the former regime have brought themselves to safety. Assad and his family fled to Russia last year when the rebels appeared in the country.

international sanctions against Najib

Najib had already been sanctioned by the United States and the European Union for its role in the violent suppression of the protests in 2011. The protests against the Assad regime quickly spread in the spring of this year after a group of children was arrested and tortured because they had attached critical graffiti on walls in the city of Deraa. According to local witnesses, the children were removed from the children.

inspiration by the Arab Spring

The children were inspired by the Arab spring, which caused political changes in several countries in the region, including Egypt and Tunisia. At that time, Najib was head of the political security authority in Deraa. The parents of the affected children and prominent local representatives plead najib to leave the children free.

inhuman threats

In her book The Home what our Country describes: " 'Forget your children.

statements from security officers

A high officials directorized on Friday in the new security directorate in Latakia, Lt. Colonel Mustafa Knaifati, said that Najib was "considered one of the parties involved in crimes against the Syrian people." This story continues to develop and is updated regularly.