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Syria arrests suspected leader of Tadamon massacre

Syria's rebel-led security forces have arrested Amjad Youssef, a former Assad regime military intelligence officer and key suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre where an estimated 288 civilians (including 12 children) were systematically killed and buried in mass graves, as documented in videos exposed by The Guardian in 2022. Youssef, who had been a fugitive since Bashar al-Assad's government fell in December 2024, was captured near Hama; his arrest has been met with joy by Tadamon residents, who note the true death toll from the atrocities may exceed 1,000 people.