DAMASCUS: Syria’s Interior Ministry announced on Friday the arrest of a senior Assad intelligence official involved in violations committed against the Syrian people.
The ministry said Qais Hassan al-Abd al-Rajab, a former brigadier general who served as deputy director of the General Intelligence Directorate (State Security), was arrested by the Counterterrorism Directorate following extensive efforts to track his movements.
According to a statement posted on the ministry’s Telegram channel, al-Abd al-Rajab is involved in violations committed against residents of the Damascus countryside areas of Hajar al-Aswad, Daraya and Moadamiyat al-Sham, as well as a number of towns and villages in Daraa province.
The ministry said authorities had monitored attempts by al-Abd al-Rajab to evade arrest before he was taken into custody.
Investigations are ongoing, and legal procedures are being completed ahead of referring the case to the judiciary, the statement said.
