US EditionSyria detains Damascus-based leader of prominent Palestinian faction
- On Saturday, May 3, 2025, Syrian security forces detained Talal Naji, the 79-year-old head of the Damascus-based Palestinian faction known as the PFLP-General Command.
- Naji's arrest followed recent detentions of two Islamic Jihad members amid pressure on Palestinian factions allied with ousted president Bashar Assad's government in Syria.
- Naji was detained near his residence in the Mazze area along with a driver and two guards, who were then questioned for approximately an hour before he was taken in for security-related interrogation.
- An official from the Syrian government, speaking on condition of anonymity, indicated to The Associated Press that Naji was detained for questioning and is expected to be released later, though the specific reasons for his detention have not been disclosed.
- The arrest signals Syria's new authorities may be enforcing conditions to curb Palestinian militias, potentially aiming to ease US sanctions and address Israel's concerns.
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Syria detains Damascus-based leader of prominent Palestinian faction
Syrian authorities have detained a prominent Damascus-based Palestinian official whose group was close to the government of ousted President Bashar Assad.
Syria detains head of Palestinian group based in Damascus
Officials of a small Palestinian militant group that was close to ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad said their leader was arrested Saturday by the country's new Islamist-led authorities. The arrest of the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) came after the armed wing of another Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad, said last month that the new authorities had detained two of its officials on uns…
Syria: leader of a Palestinian group arrested
Officials of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (FPLP-CG) said that the Syrian authorities had arrested on Saturday in Damascus the leader of this group historically close to the power of the fallen President Bashar al-Assad.
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