Syria arrests Assad-era general over alleged role in 2011 Saida Housing massacre

DAMASCUS: Syrian Internal Security Forces have arrested Brig. Gen. Jaber Mehrez Ibrahim, a former commander of the 138th Air Defense Brigade under the ousted Assad regime, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. SANA said Ibrahim was detained after a “precise surveillance and tracking operation.” He commanded the brigade in the town of Saida, in eastern Daraa province, during the Assad era, the agency said. Records and preliminary investigations showed he issued orders to kill and arrest p