Syria Arrests Top Assad-Era General in Tartus Raid
- Former Major-General Mohammed Ali Durgham was arrested by Syrian authorities and is accused of ordering troops to fire on unarmed protesters in 2011 and involvement in the 1982 Hama massacre during the Assad regime era.
- Durgham was a field commander in the army's Fourth Division from 2009 to 2013 and has been under European Union sanctions since 2012.
- Former Air Force Brigadier General Hamada Ali Murad and Major General Jalal Kamel Saqr were also arrested and are being investigated for alleged war crimes related to the former regime.
- These arrests are part of a campaign by Syria's new authorities to hold former Assad-era officials accountable following Bashar al-Assad's overthrow in December 2024.
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Syria intended to acquire its own nuclear weapons, says IAEA chief Rafael Grossi. At least Damascus was building a reactor to produce relevant materials. The government of ousted Bashar al-Assad was very active in building a nuclear reactor, configuration and characteristics
The IAEA assessed last month's on-site inspection that the facility was "on the verge of completion." The new Syrian regime, which granted inspection access to undeclared facilities, was accused of building the reactor with North Korean support for the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
UN inspectors uncover 73 tonnes of uranium in Syria
UN nuclear inspectors have successfully uncovered 73 tonnes of hidden natural uranium metal at a clandestine site in Syria, marking a significant development in the international effort to account for the former regime’s secretive nuclear ambitions. The discovery occurred after inspectors were forced to physically tear down walls and navigate through very difficult and narrow passages to access the hidden material. As reported by The Guardian, …
The Syrian government under Bashar al-Assad was building a nuclear reactor designed to produce fissile material that could be used to make nuclear weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
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