War Criminal Arrested: General Atef Najib, Former Head of Political Security in Daraa - The Syrian Observer

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War Criminal Arrested: General Atef Najib, Former Head of Political Security in Daraa - The Syrian Observer

Security forces have arrested Brigadier General Atef Najib, the former head of the Political Security Branch in Daraa, who is accused of committing grave human rights violations against children who called for freedom at the onset of the Syrian revolution. A source informed Syria TV that Najib was apprehended in the countryside of Latakia province, in northwestern Syria. Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Knaifati, Director of the Public Security Direct…