Among those arrested were former regime informants, pro-Iranian fighters and lower-ranking military officers accused of killings and torture. Syria’s new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers, in a crackdown on loyalists to ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, a monitor said Sunday.
Since rebels led by the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) group toppled al-Assad three weeks ago, ending more than five decades of family rule, the new authorities in Syria have intensified efforts to consolidate control.
