اعتقلت قوى الأمن العام التابعة لوزارة الداخلية، صانع المحتوى حسام اليونس من أبناء السويداء، خلال عودته من لبنان، مساء الخميس.
وبحسب مصادر إعلامية محلية، أوقفت قوات الأمن العام اليونس عند معبر “المتونة” أثناء عودته من لبنان، بسبب الحرب.
وبينت المصادر أنه جرى تحويله إلى بلدة المزرعة التي تتمركز فيها قوات الحكومة في ريف السويداء الغربي، دون تفاصيل إضافية.
يذكر أن اليونس من صناع المحتوى المعروفين في السويداء وكان قد أسس فريق إغاثي عقب أحداث السويداء في تموز الماضي، وقدم المساعدات لمئات العائلات، وغادر إلى لبنان منذ نحو شهر.
2026.3.10 Ex-Syrian intelligence officer appears in UK court charged with crimes against humanity
LONDON: A former member of Syria’s Air Force Intelligence attended a British court hearing via videolink on Tuesday charged with crimes against humanity and torture relating to the suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in Damascus in 2011.
Salem Michel Al-Salem, 58, who now lives in Britain, appeared virtually at the hearing at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court from his home. He was wearing a breathing apparatus mask and the court was told he suffered from degenerative motor neurone disease.
Al-Salem is charged with three counts of murder as a crime against humanity relating to deaths in April and July 2011 “as part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population with knowledge of the attack”.
He is also accused of three charges of torture relating to incidents in 2011 and 2012, and one of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity. He did not speak during the hearing and there was no indication as to how he would plead.
His lawyer Sean Caulfield told the court that Al-Salem was too unwell to confirm his name.
The seven charges were brought under a British law that allows the prosecution of serious international crimes committed abroad. The Crown Prosecution Service said it was the first time it had brought charges of murder as crimes against humanity.
In 2005, Afghan warlord Faryadi Zardad was convicted by a British court of torture that had taken place in Afghanistan.
Al-Salem, who has sought indefinite leave to remain in Britain, was a colonel in the Syrian Air Force Intelligence department with oversight of the Information Branch in the district of Jobar, to the east of central Damascus, British prosecutors say.
He is accused of leading a group tasked with quelling the demonstrations, which mostly occurred during Friday afternoon prayers. Prosecutors say he gave his men orders to open fire on protesters, which led to the deaths of some individuals.
Prosecutors say he was also present at, or took part in, the torture of men at the Information Branch building.
Al-Salem was first arrested in central England in December 2021. His lawyer had sought an order to withhold his name, arguing it could pose a risk to his safety. England’s Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring rejected the application but ordered that his address not be made public.
He will next appear on Friday at London’s Old Bailey court.
Deir Ezzor, Feb. 25 Syrian Internal Security Forces have arrested a member of ISIS in the northeastern province of Deir Ezzor following a security operation linked to a recent deadly attack on a member of the Defense Ministry.
Colonel Dirar al-Shamlan, head of Internal Security in Deir Ezzor, said the man was detained in the city of al-Mayadeen after an operation based on precise intelligence.
Al-Shamlan added that the man identified as Mahmoud Eid al-Ali was involved in an attack carried out by an ISIS cell that resulted in the martyrdom of a member of the Defense Ministry’s 86th Division two days ago.
The arrest followed the collection of evidence linking the man to the attack, the colonel said, adding that he admitted during preliminary questioning to being affiliated with ISIS and participating in the operation.
On Monday, an Internal Security checkpoint in the northeastern city of Raqqa was attacked by ISIS militants, martyring four personnel, authorities said.
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2026.2.23 Photos show filming of Ramadan TV drama series on the war-scarred streets of Syria’s Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Ramadan in the Arab world is a month of fasting and prayer by day — and television by night. For decades, families have gathered after the iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daytime fast, to follow the season’s highly anticipated drama series, produced specially to air during the Islamic holy month.
In the week before Ramadan, a television crew in central Aleppo was busy preparing one of those productions, with a battered street in the historic city transformed into a scene from decades past.
Classic 1970s cars lined the curb. A horse-drawn cart rolled through the frame. A vendor in a red tarboush, a brimless cone-shaped hat, stood beside steaming pots of sahlep — a sweet, thickened milk drink flavored with spices and associated with winter evenings.
Just outside the camera’s view stood a stark reminder of Syria’s more recent history. Collapsed buildings and damaged facades testified to Aleppo’s role as a major battleground during the country’s civil war. However, with costumes, props and careful framing, the production temporarily carried the street back to what it portrays as a more innocent era.
The series being filmed — “Al-Souriyoun al-Aada,” or “The Syrian Enemies” — is based on a novel that was banned during the rule of former President Bashar Assad. The story examines painful chapters of Syria’s past, including the 1982 events in Hama, when government forces crushed an uprising led by the Muslim Brotherhood, killing or disappearing an estimated 10,000 to 40,000 people and leaving the city in ruins.
As filming continues into Ramadan, the production reflects both a cherished seasonal tradition and Syria’s complex, layered history.
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