Syria arrests Abaq director after sectarian Iftar meal scandal

Syria arrests Abaq director after sectarian Iftar meal scandal

Syrian Security forces have allegedly arrested the director of the Abaq Volunteer Team on Monday, after the group distributed food packages containing sectarian anti-Alawi slogans amid a wave of deadly violence targeting the religious minority. The director was said to be arrested in Aleppo, though The New Arab could not verify this at the time of publication.  The Abaq volunteer team, active in the countryside of Aleppo, sparked widespread cont…