Nearly 300 Assad Regime Loyalists Arrested in Syria by New Islamist-Led Authorities

The arrests follow a swift rebel offensive that ousted Bashar al-Assad, ending five decades of Assad family rule.

A coalition of Islamist-led rebels seized control of Damascus on December 8, forcing Bashar al-Assad to flee and dismantling his regime's 50-year grip on power.
Nearly 300 individuals, including former regime informants, pro-Assad fighters, and military personnel implicated in torture and killings, have been detained across Syria in recent days.
The most notable arrest is General Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, Assad's former chief of military justice, accused of authorizing thousands of executions after expedited trials in Saydnaya prison.
Reports of detainees being mistreated or summarily executed by armed groups have surfaced, though these claims have not been independently verified.
The new leadership, led by Anas Khattab, has pledged to overhaul Syria's security apparatus and address the corruption and abuses of the Assad regime.