[DAMASCUS] The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced Friday the arrest of a man named Amjad Youssef, who was allegedly involved in serious violations that he documented in videos during the years of the Syrian war, including incidents linked to mass killings in a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus, in 2013.
According to an official statement issued by the ministry, Youssef was detained during a security operation carried out in the al-Ghab Plain area in rural Hama province, following several days of intelligence tracking. Authorities indicated that the operation comes as part of ongoing efforts to pursue individuals wanted in connection with cases related to the armed conflict that has been ongoing in the country since 2011.
Authorities have not yet disclosed precise legal details regarding the charges against the detainee beyond what is known as the “Tadamon Massacre,” named after the Damascus neighborhood where it was carried out. It was also not clarified whether he has been formally referred to the judiciary, but it was confirmed that he is under investigation in connection with incidents that occurred during the war.
Youssef’s name has appeared in media and human rights reports in recent years, as he has been linked in some of those reports to events that took place in the Tadamon district in southern Damascus in 2013. The case gained widespread international attention after video footage was published in 2022 documenting the execution of civilians in the field.
According to investigative journalism and human rights reports, Youssef was allegedly part of an armed group that participated in the arrest of civilians during security operations in the area before transferring some of them to isolated locations inside Tadamon, where extrajudicial killings were carried out and the victims were later buried in mass graves in the surrounding area.
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