Former Assad Regime Mufti Ahmad Hassoun Arrested at Damascus Airport - The Syrian Observer

Former Assad Regime Mufti Ahmad Hassoun Arrested at Damascus Airport - The Syrian Observer

Multiple sources confirmed the arrest of Syria’s former Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ahmad Badr al-Din Hassoun, on Wednesday at Damascus International Airport by General Security forces. The former regime cleric was reportedly detained while attempting to leave the country for Jordan, where he was scheduled to undergo surgery in Amman. According to eyewitness accounts, Hassoun had already cleared passport control when a security team stormed the area, ar…

Assad-era Mufti arrested in Damascus airport

Assad-era Mufti Ahmed Hasson was allegedly arrested by the new regime in Damascus after a video of him at the

’Assad’s Mufti’ Hassoun arrested trying to flee Syria for Jordan

Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, the former Grand Mufti of Syria, was arrested by Syrian security forces at Damascus International Airport on Tuesday after trying to leave the country for Jordan, according to reports. The controversial former Sunni religious authority was scheduled to visit Amman to receive surgery and was already in the VIP lounge at the airport before he was taken away by security personnel, activists have said. He was said to …

The Syrian Ministry of Interior has confirmed the arrest of Ahmed Hassoun, the former mufti of the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, while trying to flee the country after his first appearance in several months in Aleppo last month. According to local media, Public Security arrested the former mufti based on an arrest warrant issued by the Public Prosecution. The arrest of Hassoun was confirmed after reports of his arrest at Damascus I…

An informed source confirmed that the General Security arrested the former Grand Mufti of Syria, Sheikh Ahmed Hassoun, at Damascus International Airport. The source confirmed that Sheikh Hassoun was arrested while attempting to leave Syria for Jordan via Damascus International Airport to undergo surgery in Amman. After his passport was stamped by the Immigration and Passports Department at the airport, a group from the General Security arrested …