Former Syrian rebel leader returns home after UAE detention

Former Syrian rebel leader returns home after UAE detention

Former Syrian rebel leader Issam Buwaydani returned to Damascus on Thursday nearly a year after his detention for unknown reasons in the United Arab Emirates, a Syrian military official told AFP. Buwaydani, who had been the leader of Jaish al-Islam, a group that fought against the now-ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad, arrived a day after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's visit to the UAE, during which he met with leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.…