
Syria Arrests Assad-Era Air Force Officer Under EU, UK Sanctions
This is Beirut, 25/06 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's interior ministry said Wednesday a former air force officer who is under British and EU sanctions had been detained, the latest such arrest announcement since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad's ouster. Authorities in the Harasta area outside Damascus "arrested the criminal pilot Major General Meezar Sawan," the ministry said in a ...