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Syria announces the arrest of Bashar al-Assad’s cousin and a number of officers and officials from his regime
WHAT TO KNOWFrom Nidaa Al Watan
Syrian authorities arrested Yahya al-Assad, cousin of former president Bashar al-Assad, in addition to a number of officers and officials from his regime. Syrian Interior Ministry spokesperson Nour al-Din al-Baba said on Monday that “these are former officers and officials in the defunct regime,” and that he had been arrested…
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